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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5, Chapter 14 North Carolina: The Wreck of the Bachelor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At this time, most individuals concerned with emigration focused on what?
(a) A loss in a sense of nationalism.
(b) Demographic and economic losses.
(c) Personal losses.
(d) A sense of fear felt by those who stay in Great Britain.

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

3. Construction, and in particular what type of building, was also a large industry in the North American colonies?
(a) Wagon building.
(b) Business construction.
(c) Shipbuilding.
(d) Homebuilding.

4. Why is this a positive aspect about West Florida?
(a) The established French settlers may be willing to come into British territory to help settle the new province.
(b) The established Portuguese settlers may be willing to come into British territory to help settle the new province.
(c) The established Spanish settlers may be willing to come into British territory to help settle the new province.
(d) The established Italian settlers may be willing to come into British territory to help settle the new province.

5. What does the Earl of Hillsborough grasp?
(a) The importance of the colonies.
(b) The positive effects expansion has on Great Britain.
(c) The implications of the westward expansion and emigration.
(d) The weaknesses found in the colonies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Is the movement to the colonies a patternless roaming?

2. Building craftsman and clothing makers were in high demand where?

3. During the seventeenth century, who are the only people who would continue to use this service?

4. Is large-scale land speculation new in North America?

5. Where is a new British naval base and provincial capital built?

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