Review Questions

1. Question

   How did the North American colonies achieve the remarkable population growth of the eighteenth century? (“A Growing Population and Expanding Economy in British North America”)

2. Question

   Why did settlement patterns in New England change from the seventeenth to the eighteenth century? (“New England: From Puritan Settlers to Yankee Traders”)

3. Question

   Why did immigrants flood into Pennsylvania during the eighteenth century? (“The Middle Colonies: Immigrants, Wheat, and Work”)

4. Question

   How did slavery influence the society and economy of the southern colonies? (“The Southern Colonies: Land of Slavery”)

5. Question

   How did culture, commerce, and consumption shape the collective identity of Britain’s North American colonists in the eighteenth century? (“Unifying Experiences”)