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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 5 Identities and Motivations: The Dual Emigration.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Was it new that North America had been seen as a place of refuge?
(a) No.
(b) Somewhat.
(c) Maybe.
(d) Yes.

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

3. As what do the colonies become known?
(a) A threat to British power.
(b) A no man's land.
(c) A potential gold mine in land values, consumer markets, and so on.
(d) A savage land.

4. Most of these vessels listed were probably engaged in commercial voyages and carried passengers for what reason?
(a) To fill out their cargo and to gain some extra profit.
(b) To help them get to America.
(c) To break even on their profits.
(d) To have enough workers on the ship.

5. The ages of the emigrants tended to concentrate around what ages?
(a) 30-34.
(b) 25-30.
(c) 10-15.
(d) 20-24.

Short Answer Questions

1. The reports from the customs officials show 9,868 individuals leaving for North America from December, 1773 to March, 1776. Why must this number must be adjusted?

2. Do British officials pay much attention at first to the settlement of western lands in America or to emigration from Britain to the colonies?

3. In what kind of world do these people live?

4. Bailyn argues that for the men a picture develops of lower middle and working class men for whom emigration was what?

5. Those between what ages typically travel independent of families?

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