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Chapter 5 Colonial America was seen as a melting pot with numerous different foreign groups. German incomers started coming into Pennsylvania. Here they made for great dairy products and barn owners. The Quakers from Irish-Scots pushed out onto the frontier. They took unoccupied land and spread their customs. They were separate from the British government and many of them joined Andrew Jackson as Revolutionaries. The plague of war caused many families to have widows and orphaned children. The size of families shrank and many sons had to be forced into wage laborers. As new immigrant groups mingled and intermarried, they laid foundations for a new multi cultural American Settlement. The size of farms shrank drastically as well. There were no people able to mend the farms and keep up with the crops. Smallpox was leading disease causing agent in the New World. It is said that it affected everyone 1 out of 5 people. Other crops started to emerge as America’s economic growth. Flour played a large part to the success of New York as an economic power. By the eve of Revolution, the tobacco company began selling in parts of France. Tobacco was growing as worldwide source of trade. Taverns sprang up in the midst of travel as well as in cities. It served as a force of democracy and a political opinionated area. They were important for the movement into a Revolutionary mindset. A postal system was soon developed which was slow and not dependent. The Anglican and Congregational churches both fought for dominance. Ministers taught the Bible with sinister words and harsh beliefs. They burned political issues and were against government law.