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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. The emigrants listed in the Register sailed to America in how many different vessels?
(a) 102.
(b) 402.
(c) 202.
(d) 302.

2. Maps were needed for the new territory. Who is appointed in the north?
(a) Gerry De Vane.
(b) Seth Hammond.
(c) Gerard De Brahm.
(d) Samuel Holland.

3. 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 three-fifths of the total number of British emigrants.
(b) The Register's totals account for probably around one-fifth of the total number of British emigrants.
(c) The Register's totals account for probably around four-fifths of the total number of British emigrants.
(d) The Register's totals account for probably around two-fifths of the total number of British emigrants.

4. After ten years, what would happen to any land not populated?
(a) It would revert back to the crown.
(b) It would revert back to the land speculator.
(c) It would become the land of the Native Americans.
(d) It would become the land of Spain.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the silk industry developed in the late seventeenth century?

3. Can the precise difference between the actual numbers of emigrants and between the Register's totals be established?

4. The overwhelming majority of the individuals emigrating gave their destinations as mainland North American colonies south of where?

5. What is also increasing between industries?

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