A Mingling of the Races
What non-English group was the largest in colonial America?
The Africans
What was the main factor that led to the shift in power from Britain to the colonies?
Population growth in the colonies.
Who/what people were seen as the closest thing to Europe's volatile lower classes?
Black Slaves
The most honored profession was?
The Christian Ministry
1st English colony in America. (becomes Virginia)
Jamestown
Another name commonly used to describe the Germans was?
The Pennsylvania Dutch
True or False? The bulk of the population was cooped up east of the Alleghenies?
True
How did people in the South climb up the social ladder?
The people with the largest amount of slaves and land were seen as wealthy and rich.
True or False? Lawyers were appreciated and favorably regarded at first.
False, lawyers were commonly regarded as noisy windbags and troublemakers.
The most important and powerful New England colony.
Massachusetts Bay Colony
What group led the armed march of the Paxton Boys and later led the Regulator movement in North Carolina?
The Scots-Irish
What was the most populous colony in 1775?
Virginia.
Name two groups of people that resulted from conflict and war. (One is Rich and one is poor)
Merchant princes raised their fortunes with profits as military suppliers.
Widows and orphans were created due to the war.
Did the Christian ministry hold more influence in 1775 or in the early days of Massachusetts?
The early days.
What colony was the exception to slavery at first?
Georgia
Name a reason the Germans fled to America?
1. Religious persecution
2. economic oppression
3. ravages of war
Did more people live in rural or urban areas?
Who founded Pennsylvania? What was his religion?
(200 points for each part)
William Penn-Quaker
What is the significance of ethnic diversity in America during this time?
It paved the way for a new, multicultural American identity.
What colony was created specifically to reduce MBC's power?