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

2. Why is the data source that the author mentions incomplete?
(a) It includes only information about life after emigration.
(b) It includes only information about males.
(c) It includes only information about those who are indentured servants.
(d) It includes only information for England and Scotland.

3. How much regard is there for human suffering and rights?
(a) A great amount of.
(b) Little.
(c) Much.
(d) Some.

4. What information is sometimes estimated by the customs officials?
(a) Race.
(b) Trade.
(c) Gender.
(d) Age.

5. Those between what ages typically travel independent of families?
(a) 10 and 15.
(b) 15 and 24.
(c) 20 and 30.
(d) 18 and 25.

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. Of the 6,190 emigrants whose occupation is listed, only _____________ listed occupations that were considered "gentle."

3. After 1760 and the end of the war in North America, what happens to the colonies?

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

5. What closes the trans-Appalachian west, except to licensed traders, and created the colonies of Quebec, East and West Florida?

(see the answer key)

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