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