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

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

3. Can the precise difference between the actual numbers of emigrants and between the Register's totals be established?
(a) Yes.
(b) Yes, in a few years.
(c) No.
(d) Maybe.

4. Do British officials pay much attention at first to the settlement of western lands in America or to emigration from Britain to the colonies?
(a) No, not at all.
(b) Yes, a great deal.
(c) No, not too much.
(d) Yes, somewhat.

5. The flow of individuals into New York and North Carolina seem to form small communities composed largely of _________ working the land.
(a) Couples.
(b) Individuals.
(c) Families.
(d) Men.

Short Answer Questions

1. The occupations and residences of those emigrating to New York and North Carolina are _____________ the previous colonies.

2. In the pre-Revolutionary days, what is the largest urban center in the western world?

3. What do these unscrupulous recruiters do to impoverished victims?

4. What is also increasing between industries?

5. One part of this network is ______________ later called register offices.

(see the answer key)

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