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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Chapter 9 Recruitment.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the seventeenth century, who are the only people who would continue to use this service?
(a) Those who are young.
(b) Those who do not speak English.
(c) Those who are new to the country.
(d) Those who are desperate or naive.

2. What is commonly believed by 1773?
(a) British emigration was leading to depopulation in certain areas of the British Isles.
(b) British emigration was becoming unpopular.
(c) British emigration was leading to more wealth for those who stayed behind.
(d) British emigration was becoming more difficult to do.

3. Families migrating together tended to go to New York, North Carolina, and _________.
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Nova Scotia.
(d) Florida.

4. What is also increasing between industries?
(a) Employee swapping.
(b) Agreements.
(c) Competition.
(d) Compromises.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. It is estimated that for the years 1718 to 1775, how many convicts were banished to the colonies?

4. When do the first of these offices appear?

5. Is child labor popular in the silk industry at this time?

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