Which of the Following Best Sums Up Population Diversity in Colonial

question 37

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best sums up population diversity in colonial British America?

• A) From the beginning of British settlement, the colonies were highly diverse in race and religion.
• B) Great Britain originally promoted emigration to the colonies as a means of ridding itself of excess population but cut back in the eighteenth century, opening the colonies to a more diverse group of settlers.
• C) Men and women arrived in almost equal numbers because British officials encouraged women to leave, believing that fewer women in the mother country would equal slower population growth.
• D) Great Britain urged professionals and skilled craftspeople to go to its colonies in America because it wanted to create a model society there, but eventually it began to urge vagabonds and "masterless men" to go instead.
• E) Germans were the only non-British group allowed to live in the colonies.

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Definitions:

Chemical Synapse

A junction between two nerve cells, where neurotransmitters are used to relay signals.

Presynaptic Terminal

The end part of a nerve fiber that releases neurotransmitters to transmit nerve signals to another neuron across a synapse.

Postsynaptic Membrane

The part of the nerve cell membrane that is on the receiving end of a synapse, responding to neurotransmitters released by the presynaptic neuron.

Synaptic Cleft

The narrow gap between the terminal end of a neuron and the neighboring neuron or muscle cell, across which neurotransmitters are released to transmit signals.