1. which of the following best describes the population of the new england colonies?
a. mostly scotch-irish and german single men and indentured servants.
b. the majority were religious english families.
c. a large percentage were enslaved africans.
d. ethnically diverse with many french, irish, scotch-irish and african settlers.
2. which of the following best describes slavery in the early colonial period?
a. the new england colonies, because of their heavy reliance on a cash-crop economy, had the most slaves.
b. because slavery was banned in maryland and virginia, there was very little racial diversity in these areas.
c. slavery existed in new england, middle and southern colonies, with the highest concentration in the south
d. new york and other colonies north of maryland did not have a slave population.
3. why were some colonies dependent on others for for transporting the products that they wanted to buy or sell abroad?
a. some of the original 13 colonies did not have any coastline on the atlantic ocean.
b. native americans removed all of the trees from several of the colonies.
c. new england had large shipping ports, while some chesapeake area and southern colonies had barrier islands or lacked a navigable river system.
d. the president of the united colonies did not allow most colonies to trade directly with england.
4. which statement best describes the southern colonies?
a. a colonial region which outlawed slavery earlier than other regions.
b. an economic region which depended heavily on ship building and heavy industry.
c. an area that was settled by puritans for mainly religious reasons.
d. an economic region which relied heavily on cash crop farming, particularly rice and indigo.
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