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question 4 of 20 :
select the best answer for the question.
4. why was rhode island founded?
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brams
a. as an expansion of puritan massachusetts
ob. as a haven for those who owed the government money
o c. as a haven for those who disagreed with puritan beliefs
d. as a place for those seeking cultural diversity
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Read the following passage. the early mill girls were of different ages. some were not over ten years old; a few were in middle life, but the majority were between the ages of sixteen and twenty-five. the very young girls were called "doffers." they "doffed," or took off, the full bobbins from the spinning frames, and replaced them with empty ones. based on the passage, early mill girls were mostly young. were mostly middle aged. were of a variety of ages. were mostly children.