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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. As what do the colonies become known?
(a) A potential gold mine in land values, consumer markets, and so on.
(b) A no man's land.
(c) A savage land.
(d) A threat to British power.

2. Over ___________ of the migrants went to mainland colonies.
(a) Twenty-five percent.
(b) Ten percent.
(c) Fifty percent.
(d) Eighty percent.

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

4. The Earl of Hillsborough argues that the colonies are to benefit the kingdom through commerce and the production of goods. What does he think about settling the western lands, regarding this goal?
(a) It makes a lot of sense.
(b) It makes no sense.
(c) It is a simple solution to achieve this goal.
(d) It will be difficult to do.

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?
(a) No, not too much.
(b) Yes, somewhat.
(c) Yes, a great deal.
(d) No, not at all.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is this concentration of ages markedly different from the overall percentage of British citizens and from the population of the American colonies?

2. Migrants to Nova Scotia tended to be similar to those going to New York and North Carolina while those migrating to the West Indies tended to be similar to those migrating to which colonies?

3. Most emigrants traveled ____________.

4. What closes the trans-Appalachian west, except to licensed traders, and created the colonies of Quebec, East and West Florida?

5. What is the major problem of this survey?

(see the answer key)

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