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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. 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 too much.
(b) Yes, somewhat.
(c) No, not at all.
(d) Yes, a great deal.

2. One part of this network is ______________ later called register offices.
(a) Registrar offices.
(b) Intelligence offices.
(c) Intellectual offices.
(d) Smart offices.

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

4. What happens to the bill for which the Earl of Hillsborough fought?
(a) It is considered.
(b) It is accepted.
(c) It is modified.
(d) It is defeated.

5. Bailyn turns his attention to where the emigrants migrated to in North America. How does he argue that they travel to all the colonies?
(a) They all take the same few boats.
(b) They do not travel to all the colonies in equal amounts.
(c) They travel to all the colonies in equal amounts.
(d) They often purchase their own vessels for the journey.

Short Answer Questions

1. The average ages for immigrants to the colonies range from a low of ________________ to a high of 40.5 for Canada.

2. More than half of the migrants to Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia are ____________.

3. In the provinces, is there mass exodus anywhere in Britain?

4. The flow of individuals into New York and North Carolina seem to form small communities composed largely of _________ working the land.

5. What are unscrupulous recruiters called?

(see the answer key)

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