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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Chapter 9 Recruitment.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When these recruiters confronted the victims about their debt, what choices are they given?
(a) Debtors' prison or servitude.
(b) Death or servitude.
(c) Death or debtors' prison.
(d) Servitude or slavery.

2. Is the movement to the colonies a patternless roaming?
(a) No.
(b) Somewhat.
(c) Yes.
(d) At first.

3. More than half of the migrants to Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia are ____________.
(a) Merchants.
(b) Indentured servants.
(c) Artisans.
(d) Politicians.

4. What are unscrupulous recruiters called?
(a) Fimps.
(b) Crimps.
(c) Pimps.
(d) Chimps.

5. When does Hillsborough take on the key post of secretary of state for the colonies?
(a) In 1768.
(b) In 1758.
(c) In 1748.
(d) In 1738.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the pre-Revolutionary days, what is the largest urban center in the western world?

2. In the years before the Revolution, there were at least thirty-eight colonial merchant firms dealing in what nationality of servants?

3. One part of this network is ______________ later called register offices.

4. What is commonly believed by 1773?

5. The managers often fleeced applicants and sometimes did what to poor women?

(see the answer key)

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