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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Chapter 12 Failure in Xanadu.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What area proved to be most attractive to land speculators and investors?
(a) Alabama.
(b) West Florida.
(c) East Florida.
(d) Mississippi.

2. Who had provided what little information was known about this area from experience in the battles with the Spanish?
(a) Spanish settlers.
(b) Spanish politicians.
(c) Land speculators.
(d) Military leaders.

3. Is child labor popular in the silk industry at this time?
(a) No.
(b) In some regions.
(c) Yes.
(d) At the beginning of the century.

4. The beginning steps of opening the land to settlement are _________.
(a) Anxious.
(b) Unsure.
(c) Confident.
(d) Fearful.

5. Who is appointed in the south to create a map?
(a) Seth Hammond.
(b) Gerry De Vane.
(c) Gerard De Brahm.
(d) Samuel Holland.

Short Answer Questions

1. The emigrants listed in the Register sailed to America in how many different vessels?

2. In the provinces, is there mass exodus anywhere in Britain?

3. At certain times, vessels would carry _________ numbers of emigrants.

4. What society was made up on 40 to 50 merchants, noblemen, and entrepreneurs who wanted to develop new properties in America?

5. What has long existed in the silk industry?

(see the answer key)

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