As a result of the rapid population growth in colonial America during the eighteenth century
a. a momentous shift occurred in the balance of power between the colonies and the mother country.
b. the British government was pleased that more workers would be available to fill an increasing need for laborers in Britain.
c. the need for slave labor declined.
d. the colonists became more dependent on Britain for the goods that they needed to survive.
e. the British government granted greater autonomy to colonial governments.
Question 2
Of those people going to California during the gold rush
a. the majority had come from foreign nations.
b. slaves constituted a sizable minority.
c. the majority gained considerable financial rewards.
d. most were interested in free-soil farming.
e. a distressingly high proportion were lawless men.
A scene from a kelp forest off the west coast of North America. Like terrestrial forests, kelp fores
(b) Espeletia in the Andes of South America.
Hong Kong is a strange situation. A British colony since 1842, it was handed back to China in 1997 a
Sources of income for U.S. population aged 65 and over.
Population Pyramids
Population Density versus Economic Growth