Chapter 5

All of the following are accurate descriptions of the characteristics of the pre-Revolutionary thirteen colonies of British North America that eventually became the United States EXCEPT?

• True urban areas were rare with only Philadelphia, New York, Boston, and Charleston qualifying as cities.

• The thirteen colonies were doubling their population every twenty-five years.

• Most of the colonial population was located east of the Alleghenies.

• Dramatic population growth was due to high rates of immigration from Europe.

• The average age of the colonial population was sixteen.

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Although the English constituted the largest ethnic group in the population of the thirteen colonies, the minority group most represented on the frontier, especially in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and the Carolinas was:

• French Huguenots.

• Germans.

• Welsh.

• Scots-Irish.

• Africans.

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The largest non-English group in the population of the thirteen colonies was?

• French Huguenots.

• Welsh.

• Scots-Irish.

• Germans.

• Africans.

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Which of the following colonial regions had the least ethnic diversity by 1775?

• Carolinas.

• Middle Atlantic colonies.

• New England.

• Virginia.

• Chesapeake.

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According to the 1790 census, which of the following statements is true regarding the ethnic makeup of the population between 1775 and 1790?

• The majority of the population was of English descent.

• Most of the population was of German descent.

• The population was primarily made up of Native Americans.

• The majority of the population was of French descent.

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All of the following changes were happening to American society as the Revolutionary War approached EXCEPT?

• Merchants had come to dominate in New England.

• Wealth in the South had become concentrated in the hands of a few great planters.

• Thousands of freed slaves were migrating to the northern cities.

• Most American colonials earned their living as small farmers.

• Scots-Irish settlers were already defying British and local colonial authority from their homes on the frontier.

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Which of the following professions was regarded with the highest admiration in American society just before the Revolution?

• Physicians.

• Clergy.

• Lawyers.

• Barbers.

• Artisans.

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In which of the following regions was the production of wheat so important to the local economy that the area became known as the "bread colonies?"

• New England.

• Middle Colonies.

• Chesapeake.

• Southern Plantation Colonies.

• British West Indies.

Although fishing was practiced in every colonial region, in which of the following regions was it an industry of primary importance to the local economy?

• New England.

• Middle Colonies.

• Chesapeake.

• Southern Plantation Colonies.

• British West Indies.

Although tobacco was the most important crop in this region, wheat cultivation had spread, especially on lands where the soil had been depleted by the overgrowth of tobacco. Identify the region:

• A. New England.

• B. Middle Colonies.

• C. Chesapeake.

• D. Southern Plantation Colonies.

• E. British West Indies.

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