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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
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Scotch-Irish and Germans
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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
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Escape religious intolerance
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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
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Occupied lands in the backcountry
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Pennsylvania Dutch were
Immigrants from New Netherland
 Dutch settlers in the Middle Colonies
 German immigrants who settles in Pennsylvania
 Settlers in New York
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German immigrants who settles in Pennsylvania
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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
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There were more men than women
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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
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Crowded cities helped to spread diseases
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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
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Lower than Europe
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What new technique did Cotton Mather use
against smallpox?
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innoculations
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T/F The Great Philadelphia Wagon Road
connected the port cities along the coast.
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False
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T/F Few Germans wanted to move to the
backcountry
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False
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T/F English colonists were often prejudiced
against the German settlers.
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True
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T/F America’s population increased tenfold
during the eighteenth century.
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True
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T/F Children were an important labor source
on colonial farms.
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True
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A) Pennsylvania Dutch
B) Scotch-Irish
C) Great Philadelphia Wagon Road
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___ best access to the backcountry?
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C) Great Philadelphia Wagon Road
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A) Pennsylvania Dutch
B) Scotch-Irish
C) Great Philadelphia Wagon Road
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___ settler from Ulster.
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B) Scotch-Irish
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A) Pennsylvania Dutch
B) Scotch-Irish
C) Great Philadelphia Wagon Road
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___ settler from German areas.
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A) Pennsylvania Dutch