Chapter 5: Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution Conquest by the Cradle Population went from 300,000- 2.5 million in the colonies from 1700-1775 About a million of the people were white or black immigrants Pop. Doubled every 25 years The average age was 16 Balance of power between colonists and British shifted as colonists population grew Main Idea: The colonists were able to grow their population intensely in seventy-five years, allowing them to reduce the ratio of British to colonists A Mingling of the Races The Colonies were loaded with many different foreign groups Germans (6%) came because of religious persecution and economic oppression. The settled mainly in Pennsylvania and helped with religious diversity by bringing in Lutheran