Chapter 5 Flashcards
All of the following are reasons the thirteen Atlantic seaboard colonies sought independence except
Distinctive political structures
The average age of the American colonists in 1775 was
16
By the end of the 1700’s, what was the percentage of people living in rural areas of colonial America?
90%
By 1775, the ____ were the largest non-English ethnic group in colonial America.
Africans
The most ethnically diverse region of colonial America was _____, whereas _____ was the least ethnically diverse.
The middle colonies, New England
All of the following conditions caused many Scots to migrate to Northern Ireland thence to America except
Persecution for their Catholic religion
When it came to religion, the Scots-Irish
Found it to be a bond that held them together
When several colonial legislatures attempted to restrict or halt importation of slaves, British authorities
Vetoed such efforts
By the eighteenth century, the various colonial regions had distinct economic identities; the northern colonies relied on _____, the Chesapeake colonies relied on _____, and the southern colonies relied on _____.
Cattle and grain, tobacco, and rice and indigo
The leading industry in the American colonies was
Agriculture
The triangular trade of the colonial American shipping industry
Involved the trading of rum for African slaves
Although manufacturing in the colonies was of only secondary importance, they produced
Rum, beaver hats, lumber, and iron
The major manufacturing enterprise in colonial America in the eighteenth century was
Lumbering
One feature of the American economy that strained the relationship between the colonies and Britain was the
Growing desire of Americans to trade with other nations in addition to Britain
When the British Parliament passed the Molasses Act in 1733, it intended the act to
Inhibit colonial trade with the French West Indies
