Colonial Society Pre-Revolution

Events Leading up to the revolution

Conquest by the Cradle

13 of the 32 colonies Britain controlled revolted

Population

2.5 Million

Melting Pot

Description

Germans

Escaping persecution, economic oppression, and war

Scots-Irish

Moved from northern Ireland Could not find a home there

Paxton Boys Revolt

Armed march against the Quaker's lenient policy toward Native Americans