Chapter Five Flashcards
In the eighteenth century, the majority of immigrants coming to America were___ and ____
Scots-Irish and African Slaves
About what percentage of colonists in 1770 traced their ancestry to England?
50 percent
What group dominated the commercial economy of New England in the eighteenth century?
Merchants
the largest number of migrants to the Middle Colonies were
German
Which colony was known as “the best poor Man’s Country in the World”?
Pennsylvania
What industry produced the most economic growth in the Middle Colonies, particularly in Pennsylvania.
Flour Milling
What was the defining feature of the southern colonies in the eighteenth century?
Slave labor
By 1770, blacks made up what percentage of the southern population?
40 percent
What did the Stono Rebellion prove about eighteenth-century slaves?
they could not win a firefight for freedom
While the eighteenth-century southern gentry privately looked down on poor whites, they publicly acknowledged them as
Their equals by virtue of belonging to the white race
Members of the eighteenth-century southern gentry set a cultural standard of
Extravagant leisure
Although the three regions of British North America became more distinct in the latter part of the eighteenth century, they still shared what unifying experience?
A lessening reliance on religion
The increasing presence of English goods in the colonial market in the eighteenth century
Built a certain material uniformity across region, religion, class, and status
Which characterizes colonial deists?
they looked for God’s laws with science and reason
What was the Great Awakening?
A religious revival moment
