According to census of 1800, the United States of America contained 5,308,483 people. In the same year the British Islands contained upwards of fifteen million; the French Republic, more than twenty–seven million. Nearly one-fifth of American people were black slaver; the true political population consisted of four and a half million free whites, or less than one million able-bodied males, on whose shoulders fell the burden of a continent. Even after two centuries of struggle the land was still untamed; forest covered every portion in their rocky beds, and more than two-thirds of the people clung to the sea-board within fifty miles of tidewater, where alone the want of civilized life could be supplied. 1. How long had the struggle to tame the American continent been going on in 1800. A. About two hudred years B. Alittle more than a cetury B. About fifty years D. Since 1750 2. Which of the following is not true? A. About one- fifth of American people were black slaves in 1800. B. Two- thirds of the America people live on the seaboard. C. In 1800, the land was still untamed D. In 1800, strip of cultivated land were everywhere.