2. The two largest non-English groups in America were
Germans and Swedes
Scotch-Irish and Germans
Scotch-Irish and French
Dutch and Germans

3. Scotch-Irish and Germans

4. 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

5. Escape religious intolerance

6. 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

7. Occupied lands in the backcountry

8. Pennsylvania Dutch were
Immigrants from New Netherland
Dutch settlers in the Middle Colonies
German immigrants who settles in Pennsylvania
Settlers in New York

9. German immigrants who settles in Pennsylvania

10. 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

11. There were more men than women

12. 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

13. Crowded cities helped to spread diseases

14. 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

15. Lower than Europe

16. What new technique did Cotton Mather use against smallpox?

17. innoculations

18. T/F The Great Philadelphia Wagon Road connected the port cities along the coast.

19. False

20. T/F Few Germans wanted to move to the backcountry

21. False

22. T/F English colonists were often prejudiced against the German settlers.

23. True

24. T/F America’s population increased tenfold during the eighteenth century.

25. True

26. T/F Children were an important labor source on colonial farms.

27. True

28. A) Pennsylvania Dutch
B) Scotch-Irish
C) Great Philadelphia Wagon Road
___ best access to the backcountry?

29. C) Great Philadelphia Wagon Road

30. A) Pennsylvania Dutch
B) Scotch-Irish
C) Great Philadelphia Wagon Road
___ settler from Ulster.

31. B) Scotch-Irish

32. A) Pennsylvania Dutch
B) Scotch-Irish
C) Great Philadelphia Wagon Road
___ settler from German areas.

33. A) Pennsylvania Dutch