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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. How else are notices circulated?
(a) Via billboards.
(b) Via magazines.
(c) Via newspapers and circulating handbills.
(d) Via posters.
2. Most of these vessels listed were probably engaged in commercial voyages and carried passengers for what reason?
(a) To have enough workers on the ship.
(b) To help them get to America.
(c) To fill out their cargo and to gain some extra profit.
(d) To break even on their profits.
3. In the pre-Revolutionary days, what is the largest urban center in the western world?
(a) London.
(b) Edinburgh.
(c) Paris.
(d) Dublin.
4. Not only was the demand for labor high in the colonies, but there was a potentially plentiful supply of labor where?
(a) Sweden.
(b) In the British Isles.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.
5. Why does this proclamation aim to slow expansion?
(a) To prevent the colonies from becoming tired of British rule.
(b) To prevent border violence and gradually introduce civil government in these areas.
(c) To give Great Britain more power.
(d) To prevent the Americas from becoming too powerful.
Short Answer Questions
1. Bailyn turns his attention to where the emigrants migrated to in North America. How does he argue that they travel to all the colonies?
2. The emigrants listed in the Register sailed to America in how many different vessels?
3. The reports from the customs officials show 9,868 individuals leaving for North America from December, 1773 to March, 1776. Why must this number must be adjusted?
4. The overwhelming majority of the individuals emigrating gave their destinations as mainland North American colonies south of where?
5. The Earl of Hillsborough argues that the colonies are to benefit the kingdom through commerce and the production of goods. What does he think about settling the western lands, regarding this goal?
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