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Recreated 18thcentury farm at the Yorktown Victory CenterEighteenthcentury tobacco card 150 JamestownYorktown Corn growing on the farm at the Yorktown Victory Center What kinds of animals were. Many of these people were farmers or planters who lived and worked on small farms of less than two hundred acres A relatively small number of Virginians were wealthy planters or merchants and only about two percent of the population lived in Virgini Chapter 5. Mingling of Races. 1775. 2.5 million people. ½ African American. Doubling numbers every 25 yrs.. English Advantage = 3 to 1. Shift in balance of power. Most populous colonies. Virginia, Mass, Penn, N.C., Maryland. 1775. , the thirteen American colonies east of the Appalachians . population . of two million whites and half a million . blacks. (1700- fewer than 300,000 people of whom 20,000 were black). -diverse . Political make up. Mingling races. Structure of Society . Wretched Bachelors are disenfranchised by . VA Assembly in 1670. Economy, Trade, and Production. Roles in Society. Political make up. 1700= 300,000 (20,000 were black). 1763-1776. 4-4 “A . Call to . Arms”. Continental Congress is Formed. “Acts” outrage people of all colonies. British actions threaten colonial rights and liberty. June 1774- Committee of Correspondence of Boston . Conquest by the Cradle. A Mingling of the Races. The Structure of Colonial Society. Clerics, Physicians, and Jurists. Workaday America. Horsepower and Sailpower. Dominant Denominations. The Great Awakening. 1763-1776. 4-4 “A . Call to . Arms”. Continental Congress is Formed. “Acts” outrage people of all colonies. British actions threaten colonial rights and liberty. June 1774- Committee of Correspondence of Boston . 1700-1775. American Pageant Chapter 5. Conquest by the Cradle. Population growth. 1700. 300,000 people total. 20,000 of total-. -black. 1775 . 2.5 million people total. 500,000 . of total—black. 400,000 . Tools for reading nonfiction. What is a topic?. A . topic. is the word or phrase that everything in a text refers back to . What is a topic?. Can you find the topic of the pictures?. Streams. What is a topic?. Revolution, 1700 . – 1775 . I. Conquest by the Cradle. By . 1775, Great Britain ruled 32 colonies in North America.. All . of them were growing by leaps and bounds.. By 1775, the population numbered 2.5 million people.. Much growth through natural increase. Exceptional longevity in New England. Large influx of non-English Europeans. Scots-Irish Flee English Oppression. Largest non-English group. The Scots fled England for Ireland, then the Scots-Irish came to North America. Immigration. Population grew from less than 300,000 in 1700 to 2.5 million by 1775. Populous Colonies in 1775. Virginia. Massachusetts. Pennsylvania. North Carolina. Maryland. Populous Cities. . Philadelphia. Immigration. Population grew from less than 300,000 in 1700 to 2.5 million by 1775. Populous Colonies in 1775. Virginia. Massachusetts. Pennsylvania. North Carolina. Maryland. Populous Cities. . Philadelphia. Humans have shared the planet with millions of other creatures for thousands of years, we know surprisingly little about our neighbors—we don’t even know exactly how many flora and fauna call Earth home..