American Pageant Ch 5 - True/False

Most of the spectacular growth of the colonial population came from immigration rather than natural increase.

• True
• False

The Scots-Irish were uprooted Scottish Protestants who largely settled in the Appalachian frontier and back country

• True
• False

Compared with the 17th century colonies, the 18th century colonies were becoming more socially equal and democratic

• True
• False

The lowest class of whites in the colonies consisted of the paupers and convicted criminals involuntarily shipped to American by British authorities.

• True
• False

When some N American colonists attempted to curtail the transatlantic slave trade, their efforts were thwarted by British government vetoes

• True
• False

The most highly regarded professionals in the colonies were doctors and lawyers

• True
• False

Besides agriculture, the most important colonial economic activities were fishing, shipping and ocean-going trade.

• True
• False

The British government's passage of the Molasses Act and other economic regulations effectively ended American merchants' lucrative trade with the French West Indies

• True
• False

The clergy of the established Anglican Church in the South and New York had a reputation for serious theology and high ethical standards.

• True
• False

The Great Awakening was a revival of fervent religion after a period of religious decline caused by clerical dullness and overintellectualism and lay liberalism in doctrine.

• True
• False