HY 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter Chapter Fve: Jacobus Arminius, George Whitefield, French West Indies
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Britain governed most of north america by 1775 (32 colonies), but only 13 colonies had rebelled against the crown by this time. This was due to the social, economic, and political differences between the colonies. Over the course of the 1700s, the population in the north american colonies exploded. By the end of the century, britain no longer hadmore people than its colonies. In 1775, the most populous colonies were virginia, massachusetts, pennsylvania, north carolina, and. About 90% of people lived in rural areas. Germans were 6% of the total population in 1775. Many germans settled in pennsylvania, fleeing religious persecution, economic oppression, and the ravages of war. Scots-irish were 7% of the population in 1775. By the mid 18th century, a series of scots-irish settlements were scattered along the "great wagon road", which hugged the eastern appalachian foothills from pennsylvania to georgia. The scots-irish led the armed march of the paxton boys in philadelphia in 1764, protesting the.
