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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. Do those in the colonies have to struggle to maintain the forms of civilized existence that were present elsewhere?
(a) Not much.
(b) No.
(c) A little.
(d) Yes.

2. This raw data that is collected by English and Scottish port officials is sent where?
(a) To one customs board in Edinburgh.
(b) To two customs boards in London and Edinburgh.
(c) To three customs boards in London, Edinburgh, and Dublin.
(d) To one customs board in London.

3. Who helps James Hogg by arranging to have a vessel sent north to transport James and his family?
(a) His father, Roger Hogg.
(b) His cousin, Robert Hogg.
(c) His brother, Robert Hogg.
(d) His sister, Roberta Hogg.

4. What is commonly believed by 1773?
(a) British emigration was leading to more wealth for those who stayed behind.
(b) British emigration was becoming more difficult to do.
(c) British emigration was becoming unpopular.
(d) British emigration was leading to depopulation in certain areas of the British Isles.

5. Most available for labor are who?
(a) Children.
(b) Condemned criminals.
(c) Women.
(d) Indentured servants.

Short Answer Questions

1. Is large-scale land speculation new in North America?

2. There are successes in land speculation and, as more British become aware of the opportunities, what happens?

3. From the buyer's side, the longer he delayed the more likely what would happen?

4. Migrants to Nova Scotia tended to be similar to those going to New York and North Carolina while those migrating to the West Indies tended to be similar to those migrating to which colonies?

5. Where is a new British naval base and provincial capital built?

(see the answer key)

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