Using the 1790 Census Data,determine How Many Colonists Were Available

question 38

Essay

Using the 1790 census data,determine how many colonists were available to mobilize resources and produce goods and services.Identify the immigrant origin of the majority of the people living in colonial America.Why can this information help provide insight into explaining why colonists chose English institutions to guide growth and development after colonists won independence?

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Definitions:

Difference Threshold

The degree of difference that must exist between two stimuli before the difference is detected.

Inattentional Blindness

The phenomenon where an individual fails to perceive an unexpected stimulus that is in plain sight, due to the attention being focused on another task or aspect of their environment.

Inattentional Blindness

The phenomenon where an individual fails to notice a fully visible, but unexpected object because their attention was engaged on another task, event, or object.

Absolute Threshold

The minimum intensity of a stimulus that can be detected by a person's senses at least 50% of the time.