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The two largest non-English groups in America
were
Germans and Swedes
Scotch-Irish and Germans
Scotch-Irish and French
Dutch and Germans
Scotch-Irish and Germans
The main reason the Scotch-Irish and Germans
came to America was to
Search for gold
Start tobacco plantations
Fight the English
Escape religious intolerance
Escape religious intolerance
Scotch-Irish and German settlers
Occupied lands in the backcountry
Stayed mostly on the coast
Came to America in small numbers
Were outnumbered by the Swedes and French
Occupied lands in the backcountry
Pennsylvania Dutch were
Immigrants from New Netherland
Dutch settlers in the Middle Colonies
German immigrants who settles in Pennsylvania
Settlers in New York
German immigrants who settles in Pennsylvania
Women in America married earlier than
women in Europe because
Life expectancy was shorter
Parents were more lenient
There were more men than women
There were more women than men
There were more men than women
Epidemics were more common in the
eighteenth-century colonies because
Indians spread new diseases
Crowded cities helped to spread diseases
Medical knowledge was declining
New diseases arrived from Europe
Crowded cities helped to spread diseases
Infant death rated in the colonies were
The highest in the world at the time
As high as 50% of live births
Lower than Europe
Higher than Europe
Lower than Europe
What new technique did Cotton Mather use
against smallpox?
innoculations
T/F The Great Philadelphia Wagon Road
connected the port cities along the coast.
False
T/F Few Germans wanted to move to the
backcountry
False
T/F English colonists were often prejudiced
against the German settlers.
True
T/F America’s population increased tenfold
during the eighteenth century.
True
T/F Children were an important labor source
on colonial farms.
True
A) Pennsylvania Dutch
B) Scotch-Irish
C) Great Philadelphia Wagon Road
___ best access to the backcountry?
C) Great Philadelphia Wagon Road
A) Pennsylvania Dutch
B) Scotch-Irish
C) Great Philadelphia Wagon Road
___ settler from Ulster.
B) Scotch-Irish
A) Pennsylvania Dutch
B) Scotch-Irish
C) Great Philadelphia Wagon Road
___ settler from German areas.
A) Pennsylvania Dutch