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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5, Chapter 14 North Carolina: The Wreck of the Bachelor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. More children below the age of ten and more _________________ departed from Scotland.
(a) Men and boys.
(b) Men and girls.
(c) Women and girls.
(d) Women and boys.

2. The overwhelming majority of the individuals emigrating gave their destinations as mainland North American colonies south of where?
(a) New York.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Nova Scotia.

3. When is there a wild land boom in Nova Scotia?
(a) The mid-Sixties.
(b) The mid-Forties.
(c) The mid-Thirties.
(d) The mid-Fifties.

4. A much smaller percentage was going where?
(a) To Canada and Nova Scotia.
(b) To Canada and the West Indies.
(c) To Mexico and the West Indies.
(d) To North Carolina and New York.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1753, into what debate does the Earl of Hillsborough enter?

2. Why does this proclamation aim to slow expansion?

3. The information sent to where is sent directly to the Treasury in London without any editing or summarization?

4. How long had the connection between the Highlands and North Carolina been in place?

5. What happens to the bill for which the Earl of Hillsborough fought?

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