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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Chapter 7 The Demand.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are most of the ironworks built?
(a) In open country.
(b) In agricultural towns.
(c) Along the coast.
(d) In heavily wooded areas.

2. What does Bailyn say about what these patterns show about the migration from Britain to America?
(a) A small amount of movement of people.
(b) A discrete and patterned movement of people.
(c) A movement that, at times, seems to have a pattern.
(d) A unorganized movement of people.

3. What does the Earl of Hillsborough grasp?
(a) The weaknesses found in the colonies.
(b) The implications of the westward expansion and emigration.
(c) The importance of the colonies.
(d) The positive effects expansion has on Great Britain.

4. What is John Tompkyns' job?
(a) He files all of the paperwork.
(b) He organizes the paperwork.
(c) He sends the reports to the various inspection sites.
(d) He inspects and corrects each incoming report and then copies the information onto large uniform sheets.

5. Bailyn turns his attention to where the emigrants migrated to in North America. How does he argue that they travel to all the colonies?
(a) They travel to all the colonies in equal amounts.
(b) They do not travel to all the colonies in equal amounts.
(c) They often purchase their own vessels for the journey.
(d) They all take the same few boats.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the months that followed, how many emigrants do customs officials interview?

2. The overwhelming majority of the individuals emigrating gave their destinations as mainland North American colonies south of where?

3. At certain times, vessels would carry _________ numbers of emigrants.

4. How is the information handled at these sites?

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

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