Interactive Map – Chapter 05: Race, Ethnicity, and the Colonization of British North America, c. 1775

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. British North America in 1775 was a mosaic of racial and ethnic groups. In which colony were Dutch immigrants prevalent?

Pennsylvania correct incorrect

New Jersey correct incorrect

New York correct incorrect

Georgia correct incorrect

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. Africans were mostly located along coastal plains of the South. What is the reason for this?

Africans mainly lived in cities and the biggest cities were located in the coastal-plains of the South correct incorrect

Most Africans worked as slaves on rice, indigo, and tobacco plantations, many of which were located in the coastal plains of the South correct incorrect

Africans could not tolerate cold weather and so thus tended to live in the South correct incorrect

Africans were employed in shipbuilding, and so they lived close to the coast correct incorrect

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