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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 6 Arrivals and Destinations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The occupations and residences of those emigrating to New York and North Carolina are _____________ the previous colonies.
(a) Better than.
(b) Different from.
(c) The same as.
(d) Worse than.

2. Bailyn turns his attention to where the emigrants migrated to in North America. How does he argue that they travel to all the colonies?
(a) They often purchase their own vessels for the journey.
(b) They all take the same few boats.
(c) They travel to all the colonies in equal amounts.
(d) They do not travel to all the colonies in equal amounts.

3. Why is the data source that the author mentions incomplete?
(a) It includes only information for England and Scotland.
(b) It includes only information about life after emigration.
(c) It includes only information about males.
(d) It includes only information about those who are indentured servants.

4. Eighteenth century America was _____________________________.
(a) Pre-industrial, pre-urban, and pre-humanitarian.
(b) More industrial, urban, and humane than most of Europe.
(c) Ahead of its time.
(d) Much like the British Isles.

5. What is the result of this collection?
(a) It illuminates the essential characteristics of the emigration.
(b) It explains what is faulty about Great Britain.
(c) It illuminates what life is like after emigration.
(d) It gives some basic information about those who emigrate.

Short Answer Questions

1. The information sent to where is sent directly to the Treasury in London without any editing or summarization?

2. What types of groups of emigrants leave steadily over the months for North America?

3. Do those in the colonies have to struggle to maintain the forms of civilized existence that were present elsewhere?

4. At this time, most individuals concerned with emigration focused on what?

5. How is the information handled at these sites?

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