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

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

3. The average ages for immigrants to the colonies range from a low of ________________ to a high of 40.5 for Canada.
(a) 15. 3 for Virginia.
(b) 20.5 for Massachusetts.
(c) 18.7 for North Carolina.
(d) 27.8 for New York.

4. Over ___________ of the migrants went to mainland colonies.
(a) Eighty percent.
(b) Fifty percent.
(c) Ten percent.
(d) Twenty-five percent.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. By 1765, it was evident that one result of the employment problems in the silk industry would be what?

3. When these recruiters confronted the victims about their debt, what choices are they given?

4. Bailyn turns his attention to where the emigrants migrated to in North America. How does he argue that they travel to all the colonies?

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

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