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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. At this time, most individuals concerned with emigration focused on what?
(a) Demographic and economic losses.
(b) A loss in a sense of nationalism.
(c) Personal losses.
(d) A sense of fear felt by those who stay in Great Britain.

2. These characteristics are shared with other societies, but is America's way of life unique?
(a) Not very.
(b) A little.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

3. As what do the colonies become known?
(a) A potential gold mine in land values, consumer markets, and so on.
(b) A no man's land.
(c) A savage land.
(d) A threat to British power.

4. During this time, there was also an array of lobbyists working for land speculators and western trading interests, led by whom?
(a) Benjamin Moore.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Benjamin Franklin.

5. After 1760 and the end of the war in North America, what happens to the colonies?
(a) They stay the same.
(b) They expand.
(c) They become less risky.
(d) They shrink.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does this proclamation aim to slow expansion?

2. Eighteenth century America was _____________________________.

3. What is John Tompkyns' job?

4. In the pre-Revolutionary years, many people emigrated from where?

5. 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?

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