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Voyagers to the West Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the major problem of this survey?
(a) There are many stowaways.
(b) There is no legal requirement for vessels carrying emigrants to register with customs.
(c) Information is given by word of mouth.
(d) Most people cannot write to fill out the paperwork.

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

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

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

5. Most emigrants traveled ____________.
(a) In pairs.
(b) With families.
(c) Alone.
(d) In groups.

Short Answer Questions

1. The importation of workers from where had begun in 1714?

2. During this time, there was also an array of lobbyists working for land speculators and western trading interests, led by whom?

3. In the months that followed, how many emigrants do customs officials interview?

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

5. Most of these vessels listed were probably engaged in commercial voyages and carried passengers for what reason?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is eighteenth century America like?

2. From where do people emigrate in the pre-Revolutionary years? To where do they immigrate?

3. How important is the construction industry at this time?

4. What does Bailyn say about the number of people leaving for North America from December 1773 to March 1776 and those who are not emigrants?

5. What are the differences between Hillsborough and lobbyists such as Benjamin Franklin?

6. How are the provinces different from the urban areas?

7. What does Bailyn say about the families who migrated together?

8. What is Bailyn's first impression of British life in the years leading up to the American Revolution?

9. What is the age range for emigrants? What is important about this?

10. What happens after 1760 and the end of the war in North America?

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