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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. Where is the silk industry developed in the late seventeenth century?
(a) Four blocks in East London.
(b) Four blocks in West London.
(c) Four blocks in South London.
(d) Four blocks in North London.

2. By 1765, it was evident that one result of the employment problems in the silk industry would be what?
(a) A large exodus of weavers to the colonies.
(b) A large exodus of weavers to other countries in Europe.
(c) A large exodus of weavers to other trades.
(d) A small exodus of weavers to the colonies.

3. Efforts are being made to exploit and populate the coastal lands of what states?
(a) Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
(b) North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.
(c) Florida, Mississippi and Alabama.
(d) New York, Delaware and Maryland.

4. What is Bailyn's first impression of British life in the years leading up to the American Revolution?
(a) One of complexity as thousands of people in every region of the country move to ports of exit.
(b) One of simplicity as only those in England move to London, the port of exit.
(c) One of complexity as tens of thousands of people in every region in Europe moves to ports of exit.
(d) One of simplicity as a few hundred people move to London and a few other ports of exit.

5. Where are deliberately organized emigrant vessels more common?
(a) In Northern English and Scottish ports.
(b) In Southern English and Irish ports.
(c) In Southern English and French ports.
(d) In Northern English and Northern Irish ports.

Short Answer Questions

1. The beginning steps of opening the land to settlement are _________.

2. Who is appointed in the south to create a map?

3. What types of groups of emigrants leave steadily over the months for North America?

4. Maps were needed for the new territory. Who is appointed in the north?

5. Grants that are given are revocable unless _____________ of the land was populated within three years with one person for every hundred acres.

(see the answer key)

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