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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. Do the concerns over the settlement of western lands and emigration from Britain to the colonies play a role in the early efforts of the British government to establish and shape policies on the western lands?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) Maybe.
(d) Somewhat.

2. In 1753, into what debate does the Earl of Hillsborough enter?
(a) Whether Great Britain should stay in control of the colonies.
(b) Whether to create a national census.
(c) Whether to allow people to emigrate to the colonies.
(d) Whether to create a new nation out of the colonies.

3. English women emigrants were almost always engaged in what sort of work?
(a) Textile work.
(b) Pottery.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Cleaning.

4. Bailyn argues that for the men a picture develops of lower middle and working class men for whom emigration was what?
(a) Something that they must do for their families.
(b) An opportunity to be sought rather than a desperate escape.
(c) A desperate escape rather than an opportunity to be sought.
(d) Something exciting to do.

5. At certain times, vessels would carry _________ numbers of emigrants.
(a) Large.
(b) Very small.
(c) An average.
(d) Small.

Short Answer Questions

1. These characteristics are shared with other societies, but is America's way of life unique?

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. Where are deliberately organized emigrant vessels more common?

4. What is commonly believed by 1773?

5. Why does Tompkyns soon hire an extra clerk?

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