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Chapter 5 Britain had 32 colonies by 1775 in North America. People believe they had thirteen colonies but this information is misleading. These territories included Canada, the Floridas and various Caribbean Islands. The thirteen colonies were the ones that unfurled the rebellion. Canada and Jamaica were non-rebels during the revolution. They were larger, wealthier, and more populous than the revolting 13 colonies. -Conquest by the Cradle Population growth was the distinguishing characteristic that the rebels had. Less than 300,000 people lived in these colonies in 1700. 20,000 of these people in the colonies were African American. Population increased to 2.5 million people by the year 1775. 500,000 of the people in the colonies were African American. White immigrants made up nearly 400,000 of the increased number. Black forced immigrants made up nearly just as much. Europeans were amazed at the increase in population. The population at least doubled every 25 years. This got Dr. Samuel Johnson of England very angry. -A Mingling of the Races America had turned into a melting pot of similar and different races. By 1775, about six percent of the population was German. Germans were very much protestant and mainly Lutheran. They fled from religious prosecution and economic oppression. Street signs in Philadelphia were painted in English and German. -The Structure of Colonial Society Other than slavery, eighteenth century America was full of equality and opportunity. A lot of black and a lot of white citizens were farmers. Merchant princes had it very very good in that age of New England. Slaves in America somewhat represented England's lower class. -Clerics, Physicians, and Jurists Epidemics like smallpox were greatly feared in this New England age. John Adam's father in law frowned upon him as a suitor. -Workaday America Ninety percent of people in America were involved in Agriculture. Chesapeake tobacco was being sold over seas in France and Spain. American merchants smuggled and broke the Molasses Act.