As a result of the rapid population growth in colonial America ...

[Beheh]

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.

[tranoy]

Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

e