Immigrant Groups Quiz

Which immigrant group made up 6% of the colonies by 1775?

• French Huguenots

• Welsh

• Germans

• Scots-Irish, Irish, and Scots

Which immigrant group settled chiefly in Pennsylvania and made up 1/3 of the colony's population?

• Scots-Irish, Irish, and Scots

• Swiss

• Germans

• Dutch

Which immigrant group had been coming to the colonies since the 1630s?

• Dutch

• Scots-Irish, Irish, and Scots

• French Huguenots

• Welsh

Which immigrant group faced incredible discrimination from locals?

• Germans

• Swiss

• Scots-Irish, Irish, and Scots

• Jews

Which immigrant group was characterized by pugnacious and lawless behavior?

• Scots-Irish, Irish, and Scots

• Dutch

• Welsh

• French Huguenots

Which immigrant group began to move West toward the Appalachians?

• Swiss

• Scots Highlanders

• French Huguenots

• Germans

Which what was the name of the supporters of Bonnie Prince Chartles who sought to regain the English Crown and reintroduce absolute monarchy into England?

• Jacobites

• Huguenots

• Roundheads

• Puritans

Which immigrant group faced punishment from British troops after the Jacobite Rising of 1745?

• Scots Highlanders

• Dutch

• Jews

• Welsh

Which immigrant group had their traditional dress and bagpipes banned after the Jacobite Rising of 1745?

• French Huguenots

• Welsh

• Scots Highlanders

• Swiss

Which immigrant group were primarily farmers and settled in the back country?

• Germans

• Swiss

• French Huguenots

• Scots Highlanders