Which of the following is a characteristic of the German immigrants to the American colonies in the eighteenth century?
a. They seldom came in family groups.
b. Because they belonged to a variety of Protestant sects, they added to the religious diversity of middlecolonies such as Pennsylvania
c. Most were Catholics fleeing persecution at the hands of Lutherans in the German states.
d. Most were exiled from their respective German states because of their radical political ideas.
b
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a. from the local community b. newly arrived immigrants c. black d. male
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A) 10,000 B) 1,000 C) 100,000 D) 1 million
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a) people of independent means who could afford equipment and had the time to use it b) government-sponsored academy scholars who depended on grants for their studies Consider This: How expensive would it have been to undertake scientific research in this period? See 3.2: Doing Science. c) members of the clergy, who had a special interest in seeing how God worked in the universe Consider This: How expensive would it have been to undertake scientific research in this period? See 3.2: Doing Science. d) university faculty whose tenure meant they could not be fired for unpopular findings Consider This: How expensive would it have been to undertake scientific research in this period? See 3.2: Doing Science.
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A) Made it easier for a peasant to rise to higher status B) Relied on conquest of foreign territories. C) Gave a stronger role to merchants. D) Tended to discourage commerce.