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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. In 1753, into what debate does the Earl of Hillsborough enter?
(a) Whether Great Britain should stay in control of the colonies.
(b) Whether to create a national census.
(c) Whether to create a new nation out of the colonies.
(d) Whether to allow people to emigrate to the colonies.

2. In New York and North Carolina, over eighty-five percent of migrants were Scots and were more likely to be __________.
(a) Merchants.
(b) Doctors.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Artisans.

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

4. A much smaller percentage was going where?
(a) To Canada and Nova Scotia.
(b) To Mexico and the West Indies.
(c) To Canada and the West Indies.
(d) To North Carolina and New York.

5. When does Hillsborough take on the key post of secretary of state for the colonies?
(a) In 1758.
(b) In 1748.
(c) In 1738.
(d) In 1768.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is commonly believed by 1773?

2. Do the concerns over the settlement of western lands and emigration from Britain to the colonies play a role in the early efforts of the British government to establish and shape policies on the western lands?

3. How else are notices circulated?

4. Migrants to Nova Scotia tended to be similar to those going to New York and North Carolina while those migrating to the West Indies tended to be similar to those migrating to which colonies?

5. In the years before the Revolution, there were at least thirty-eight colonial merchant firms dealing in what nationality of servants?

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