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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 3 Searching for the Facts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Earl of Hillsborough argues that the colonies are to benefit the kingdom through commerce and the production of goods. What does he think about settling the western lands, regarding this goal?
(a) It makes a lot of sense.
(b) It will be difficult to do.
(c) It is a simple solution to achieve this goal.
(d) It makes no sense.

2. Into where does the population of the colonies spread?
(a) To Florida.
(b) North and south.
(c) Along the Atlantic coast.
(d) The backcountry of the coastal colonies and trans-Appalachian west.

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

4. What closes the trans-Appalachian west, except to licensed traders, and created the colonies of Quebec, East and West Florida?
(a) The Proclamation of the Colonies.
(b) The Proclamation of the 1773.
(c) The Proclamation of 1763.
(d) The Proclamation of the Americas.

5. To where do they immigrate?
(a) Canada.
(b) Cuba.
(c) America.
(d) Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eighteenth century America was _____________________________.

2. Was it new that North America had been seen as a place of refuge?

3. What is the major problem of this survey?

4. The magnitude of these developments was __________________ in these years than they had been in the preceding years.

5. Why is the data source that the author mentions incomplete?

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