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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) No, not at all.
(c) Yes, somewhat.
(d) Yes, a great deal.

2. What types of groups of emigrants leave steadily over the months for North America?
(a) Medium.
(b) Very large.
(c) Small.
(d) Large.

3. 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 do not travel to all the colonies in equal amounts.
(b) They travel to all the colonies in equal amounts.
(c) They all take the same few boats.
(d) They often purchase their own vessels for the journey.

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

5. Why is there a small need for additional workers in this region?
(a) It is not a safe place to live.
(b) It is mostly unpopulated.
(c) It is not growing quickly.
(d) It is already producing a surplus population.

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

7. In 1753, into what debate does the Earl of Hillsborough enter?
(a) Whether Great Britain should stay in control of the colonies.
(b) Whether to create a new nation out of the colonies.
(c) Whether to allow people to emigrate to the colonies.
(d) Whether to create a national census.

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

9. English women emigrants were almost always engaged in what sort of work?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Cleaning.
(c) Textile work.
(d) Pottery.

10. It is estimated that for the years 1718 to 1775, how many convicts were banished to the colonies?
(a) 30,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 40,000.
(d) 20,000.

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

12. Bailyn compares the Register's totals to notices of ships' arrivals in North America and finds what?
(a) The Register's totals account for probably around one-fifth of the total number of British emigrants.
(b) The Register's totals account for probably around two-fifths of the total number of British emigrants.
(c) The Register's totals account for probably around three-fifths of the total number of British emigrants.
(d) The Register's totals account for probably around four-fifths of the total number of British emigrants.

13. Most available for labor are who?
(a) Women.
(b) Condemned criminals.
(c) Indentured servants.
(d) Children.

14. At certain times, vessels would carry _________ numbers of emigrants.
(a) Small.
(b) Very small.
(c) An average.
(d) Large.

15. Do similar situations exist in other industries in this city?
(a) Yes, but only in a small amount of industries.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) Yes, but not until later in the century.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the age that individuals could legally bind themselves as indentured servants?

3. After registering, were vessels free to pick up passengers without registering them?

4. Who provided much of the unskilled labor, particularly in the South, for the ironworks?

5. Is child labor popular in the silk industry at this time?

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