1. In the years before the Revolution, there were at least thirty-eight colonial merchant firms dealing in what nationality of servants?
(a) German.
(b) Swedish.
(c) British.
(d) French.

2. 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?
(a) It makes no sense.
(b) It is a simple solution to achieve this goal.
(c) It will be difficult to do.
(d) It makes a lot of sense.

3. When these recruiters confronted the victims about their debt, what choices are they given?
(a) Servitude or slavery.
(b) Death or servitude.
(c) Debtors' prison or servitude.
(d) Death or debtors' prison.

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?
(a) The northern colonies.
(b) The southern colonies.
(c) The central colonies.
(d) The island colonies.

5. What closes the trans-Appalachian west, except to licensed traders, and created the colonies of Quebec, East and West Florida?
(a) The Proclamation of the Colonies.
(b) The Proclamation of the Americas.
(c) The Proclamation of the 1773.
(d) The Proclamation of 1763.

Short Answer Questions

1. To find the types of workers that were needed, merchants and their agents relied on public notifications. What are important focuses of these notifications?

2. The English migrants most often went to Pennsylvania, Maryland and ________.

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

4. When do the first of these offices appear?

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

(see the answer key)

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