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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 5 Identities and Motivations: The Dual Emigration.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What information is sometimes estimated by the customs officials?
(a) Race.
(b) Age.
(c) Trade.
(d) Gender.

2. Was it new that North America had been seen as a place of refuge?
(a) Somewhat.
(b) No.
(c) Maybe.
(d) Yes.

3. The overwhelming majority of the individuals emigrating gave their destinations as mainland North American colonies south of where?
(a) Nova Scotia.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) New York.

4. Of the 6,190 emigrants whose occupation is listed, only _____________ listed occupations that were considered "gentle."
(a) 4.5%
(b) 2.3%.
(c) 45%
(d) 23%.

5. During this time, there was also an array of lobbyists working for land speculators and western trading interests, led by whom?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Benjamin Moore.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

Short Answer Questions

1. After 1760 and the end of the war in North America, what happens to the colonies?

2. The magnitude of these developments was __________________ in these years than they had been in the preceding years.

3. Do the concerns over the settlement of western lands and emigration from Britain to the colonies play a role in the early efforts of the British government to establish and shape policies on the western lands?

4. Eighteenth century America was _____________________________.

5. Do British officials pay much attention at first to the settlement of western lands in America or to emigration from Britain to the colonies?

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