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

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?
(a) No, not at all.
(b) Yes, a great deal.
(c) No, not too much.
(d) Yes, somewhat.

3. Eighteenth century America was _____________________________.
(a) Ahead of its time.
(b) Pre-industrial, pre-urban, and pre-humanitarian.
(c) Much like the British Isles.
(d) More industrial, urban, and humane than most of Europe.

4. Why does this proclamation aim to slow expansion?
(a) To prevent the Americas from becoming too powerful.
(b) To prevent the colonies from becoming tired of British rule.
(c) To prevent border violence and gradually introduce civil government in these areas.
(d) To give Great Britain more power.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As what do the colonies become known?

2. Into where does the population of the colonies spread?

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

4. When does Hillsborough take on the key post of secretary of state for the colonies?

5. What closes the trans-Appalachian west, except to licensed traders, and created the colonies of Quebec, East and West Florida?

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