Chapter 53. Reflections on The Middle Colonies: Immigrants, Wheat, and Work, Chapter 5

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Correct. The answer is c. The author’s main point in this section is that the population of the middle colonies grew dramatically in the eighteenth century as diverse groups of immigrants moved to the region seeking economic opportunity, but that individuals’ experiences varied tremendously according to their race, social status, and ethnicity.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The author’s main point in this section is that the population of the middle colonies grew dramatically in the eighteenth century as diverse groups of immigrants moved to the region seeking economic opportunity, but that individuals’ experiences varied tremendously according to their race, social status, and ethnicity.

Correct. The answer is a. The author cites Scots-Irish immigrants’ reports to British officials that they were leaving Britain because of “poverty,” the “tyranny of landlords,” and their desire to “do better in America,” as evidence that most immigrants came to the middle colonies to seek economic opportunities.

Incorrect. The answer is a. The author cites Scots-Irish immigrants’ reports to British officials that they were leaving Britain because of “poverty,” the “tyranny of landlords,” and their desire to “do better in America,” as evidence that most immigrants came to the middle colonies to seek economic opportunities.

Correct. The answer is d. The author presents evidence of the ways that the lives of “middling” German immigrants in Pennsylvania differed from those of poor German redemptioners who paid for their ocean journey by contracting as indentured servants.

Incorrect. The answer is d. The author presents evidence of the ways that the lives of “middling” German immigrants in Pennsylvania differed from those of poor German redemptioners who paid for their ocean journey by contracting as indentured servants.

Correct. The answer is c. The author cites the middle colonies’ status as “the breadbasket of North America” as the factor that promoted widespread prosperity and gave middle colonists the means to consume British imports. Many farmers grew abundant wheat crops, flour milling was the number one industry, and flour was the number one export.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The author cites the middle colonies’ status as “the breadbasket of North America” as the factor that promoted widespread prosperity and gave middle colonists the means to consume British imports. Many farmers grew abundant wheat crops, flour milling was the number one industry, and flour was the number one export.

Correct. The answer is c. The author suggests that Philadelphia’s wealthiest merchants were Quakers because the Quaker traits of industry, thrift, honesty, and sobriety encouraged the accumulation of wealth.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The author suggests that Philadelphia’s wealthiest merchants were Quakers because the Quaker traits of industry, thrift, honesty, and sobriety encouraged the accumulation of wealth.

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