alleryStart learning →What had the American population risen to by 1690?
AA tenth of a million
BHalf of a million
CTwo million people
DA quarter of a million
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. A quarter of a million
1. After 1680 large numbers of newcomers arrived from Germany, Ireland, Scotland, Switzerland and France.
2. By 1690 the American population had risen to a quarter of a million.
3. From that point it doubled every twenty five years.
4. By 1775 it numbered more than two and a half million.
_Source: An Outline of American History (U.S. Information Agency, 1990, public domain), section MANY CULTURES BLEND_
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