Chapter 5
Chapter 5 IDs (Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775) Scots-Irish A group of immigrants from the Scottish lowlands who inhabited the frontier. Paxton Boys Scots-Irish protestors against lenience towards the natives. De Crevecoeur Settler who painted America as a melting pot, asking what ?American? meant. ?jayle birds? Paupers and prisoners who had been involuntarily forced into the colonies. Molasses Act (1733) A law attempting to throttle American trade with other nations, which failed. Anglican Church The English state church, established in the south and middle. More worldly than the Congregational. Congregational Church