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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. A much smaller percentage was going where?

2. Why does this proclamation aim to slow expansion?

3. Those between what ages typically travel independent of families?

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

5. How many ironworks are operating in the colonies at this time?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Bailyn say about the vessels traveling to America?

3. Who is John Powell? What does he suggest?

4. How do British officials initially feel about settlement of western lands in America or to emigration from Britain?

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

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

7. What is known about correlation between age and where the emigrants migrated?

8. After skilled artisans such as those trained in construction, what group do the colonists seek?

9. What does Bailyn say about where the emigrants migrated the most?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

London becomes a magnet for those seeking work and those seeking workers.

Part 1) London became a magnet fro those seeking work and those seeking workers?

Part 2) What connection does this supply and demand create between London and the colonies?

Part 3) How does this urban metropolis affect those in the Americas?

Essay Topic 2

The situation in New York is similar in many ways to the events in other colonies.

Part 1) Describe the situation in New York. How is it like the situations in other colonies?

Part 2) Why do these similarities between the colonies exist?

Part 3) What is the purpose of this chapter? What is the significance of ending the book with this chapter?

Essay Topic 3

Workers face hardships during the emigration process.

Part 1) What hardships did they face? Why?

Part 2) How were they affected by the hardships? Does this affect the number of people emigrating? Why or why not?

Part 3) Why might someone continue through this tough emigration process? Why kept them from giving up? What does this say about those who immigrated to the Americas?

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