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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 4 Magnitudes, Locations, and Flow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Bailyn's first impression of British life in the years leading up to the American Revolution?
(a) One of complexity as thousands of people in every region of the country move to ports of exit.
(b) One of simplicity as a few hundred people move to London and a few other ports of exit.
(c) One of complexity as tens of thousands of people in every region in Europe moves to ports of exit.
(d) One of simplicity as only those in England move to London, the port of exit.

2. After registering, were vessels free to pick up passengers without registering them?
(a) Only ten passengers.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) Maybe.

3. Where are deliberately organized emigrant vessels more common?
(a) In Southern English and Irish ports.
(b) In Northern English and Scottish ports.
(c) In Southern English and French ports.
(d) In Northern English and Northern Irish ports.

4. In 1753, into what debate does the Earl of Hillsborough enter?
(a) Whether to create a new nation out of the colonies.
(b) Whether to allow people to emigrate to the colonies.
(c) Whether to create a national census.
(d) Whether Great Britain should stay in control of the colonies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tompkyns soon hire an extra clerk?

2. Why does this proclamation aim to slow expansion?

3. How much regard is there for human suffering and rights?

4. What does John Powell, an undersecretary of state for the colonies, suggest?

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

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