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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 6 Arrivals and Destinations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of the 6,190 emigrants whose occupation is listed, only _____________ listed occupations that were considered "gentle."
(a) 23%.
(b) 45%
(c) 4.5%
(d) 2.3%.

2. A much smaller percentage was going where?
(a) To Canada and the West Indies.
(b) To North Carolina and New York.
(c) To Mexico and the West Indies.
(d) To Canada and Nova Scotia.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After 1760 and the end of the war in North America, what happens to the colonies?

2. Is the movement to the colonies a patternless roaming?

3. How is this concentration of ages markedly different from the overall percentage of British citizens and from the population of the American colonies?

4. Bailyn compares the Register's totals to notices of ships' arrivals in North America and finds what?

5. Can the precise difference between the actual numbers of emigrants and between the Register's totals be established?

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