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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. How is this concentration of ages markedly different from the overall percentage of British citizens and from the population of the American colonies?
(a) Over half of the free population was over the age of 21.
(b) Over half of the free population was under the age of 21.
(c) Over half of the free population was under the age of 10.
(d) Over half of the free population was over the age of 40.

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

3. What happens to the bill for which the Earl of Hillsborough fought?
(a) It is accepted.
(b) It is modified.
(c) It is considered.
(d) It is defeated.

4. What types of groups of emigrants leave steadily over the months for North America?
(a) Medium.
(b) Large.
(c) Very large.
(d) Small.

5. Can the precise difference between the actual numbers of emigrants and between the Register's totals be established?
(a) No.
(b) Maybe.
(c) Yes.
(d) Yes, in a few years.

Short Answer Questions

1. As what do the colonies become known?

2. Do there appear to be concentrations of indentured servants in particular occupations settling in certain colonies?

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

4. What is John Tompkyns' job?

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

(see the answer key)

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