Chapter 52. Reflections on New England: From Puritan Settlers to Yankee Traders, Chapter 5

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Correct. The answer is a. The author’s main point in this section is that although New England’s population grew more slowly than that of other regions in the 1700s, its expanding economy transformed the region’s culture and society.

Incorrect. The answer is a. The author’s main point in this section is that although New England’s population grew more slowly than that of other regions in the 1700s, its expanding economy transformed the region’s culture and society.

Correct. The answer is d. The author used Benjamin Franklin’s decision to move from Boston to Philadelphia to support his contention that cultural conservatism and densely settled land led immigrants to choose other destinations and drove many native-born New Englanders to seek opportunity in other regions, thus diminishing the rate of population growth.

Incorrect. The answer is d. The author used Benjamin Franklin’s decision to move from Boston to Philadelphia to support his contention that cultural conservatism and densely settled land led immigrants to choose other destinations and drove many native-born New Englanders to seek opportunity in other regions, thus diminishing the rate of population growth.

Correct. The answer is b. Whereas Puritan New England was economically homogenous, the author suggests that, by 1770, the richest 5 percent of Bostonians owned about half the city’s wealth, and that traders and merchants had “replaced Puritan saints as the symbolic New Englanders.”

Incorrect. The answer is b. Whereas Puritan New England was economically homogenous, the author suggests that, by 1770, the richest 5 percent of Bostonians owned about half the city’s wealth, and that traders and merchants had “replaced Puritan saints as the symbolic New Englanders.”

Correct. The answer is d. The author suggests that New England’s economic expansion in the eighteenth century depended primarily on its participation in the Atlantic system, which linked farmers, skilled tradesmen, fishermen, merchants, and shippers to a diversified and international commercial economy.

Incorrect. The answer is d. The author suggests that New England’s economic expansion in the eighteenth century depended primarily on its participation in the Atlantic system, which linked farmers, skilled tradesmen, fishermen, merchants, and shippers to a diversified and international commercial economy.

Correct. The answer is c. The author points to New England’s relatively harsh environment—particularly fields that did not produce marketable surpluses—as the major source of the region’s lower per-capita wealth in 1770.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The author points to New England’s relatively harsh environment—particularly fields that did not produce marketable surpluses—as the major source of the region’s lower per-capita wealth in 1770.

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