Chapter 5 Reading Outline
Chapter 5 apush outline
I. Conquest by the cradle 1. Population growth: in 1700 contained fewer than 300,000 people (20,000 of them were black) by 1775 2.5 million people inhabited the 13 colonies (Half 1 million were black) 2. Political consequences: in 1700 there were 20 English subjects for each American colonists. By 1775 the English advantage and numbers had fallen to 3:1. This set a shift in balance of power between the colonies and Britain. 3. Cities: East of the Alleghenies was where the majority of the population was at. By 1775 a vanguard of pioneers went into Tennessee and Kentucky. In 1775 Virginia, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Maryland were the most populous colonies. About 90% of people lived in rural areas
II. A mingling of races 1. Germans: -Motives for immigration: flee religious persecution, economic oppression, and the ravages of war -Region they settled in: Pennsylvania -Impact on region: many of the region spoke German and stuck to their German customs -Occupations/talents: splendid stone barn makers 2. The Scots-Irish: -Motives for immigration: the Irish Catholics were hating on the Scottish Presbyterian and the economic life of the Scots-Irish was hampered especially when the English government placed burdensome restrictions on their production of linens and woolens. -Region they settled in: Pennsylvania but then went to the backcountry of Pennsylvania, the Carolinas, and Georgia. -Impact on region: They built farms and towns that had floorless houses. -Occupations/talents: Whiskey and distilling 3. Other immigrant groups: French Huguenots, Welsh, Dutch, Swedes, Jews, Irish, Swiss, and Scott highlanders 4. Largest non- English group: African 20% of colonial population concentrated in the south. 5. The south holding 90% of the slaves, displayed its historic black and white racial composition. These various immigrant groups mingled and intermarried. The African slave trade gave birth to an
I. Conquest by the cradle 1. Population growth: in 1700 contained fewer than 300,000 people (20,000 of them were black) by 1775 2.5 million people inhabited the 13 colonies (Half 1 million were black) 2. Political consequences: in 1700 there were 20 English subjects for each American colonists. By 1775 the English advantage and numbers had fallen to 3:1. This set a shift in balance of power between the colonies and Britain. 3. Cities: East of the Alleghenies was where the majority of the population was at. By 1775 a vanguard of pioneers went into Tennessee and Kentucky. In 1775 Virginia, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Maryland were the most populous colonies. About 90% of people lived in rural areas
II. A mingling of races 1. Germans: -Motives for immigration: flee religious persecution, economic oppression, and the ravages of war -Region they settled in: Pennsylvania -Impact on region: many of the region spoke German and stuck to their German customs -Occupations/talents: splendid stone barn makers 2. The Scots-Irish: -Motives for immigration: the Irish Catholics were hating on the Scottish Presbyterian and the economic life of the Scots-Irish was hampered especially when the English government placed burdensome restrictions on their production of linens and woolens. -Region they settled in: Pennsylvania but then went to the backcountry of Pennsylvania, the Carolinas, and Georgia. -Impact on region: They built farms and towns that had floorless houses. -Occupations/talents: Whiskey and distilling 3. Other immigrant groups: French Huguenots, Welsh, Dutch, Swedes, Jews, Irish, Swiss, and Scott highlanders 4. Largest non- English group: African 20% of colonial population concentrated in the south. 5. The south holding 90% of the slaves, displayed its historic black and white racial composition. These various immigrant groups mingled and intermarried. The African slave trade gave birth to an