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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. During this time, there was also an array of lobbyists working for land speculators and western trading interests, led by whom?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Benjamin Moore.
(d) Benjamin Franklin.

2. Building craftsman and clothing makers were in high demand where?
(a) New York.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Maryland.
(d) Almost everywhere.

3. 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 shrink.
(d) They expand.

4. The English migrants most often went to Pennsylvania, Maryland and ________.
(a) Virginia.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Nova Scotia.
(d) Massachusetts.

5. Construction, and in particular what type of building, was also a large industry in the North American colonies?
(a) Wagon building.
(b) Shipbuilding.
(c) Business construction.
(d) Homebuilding.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On the verge of the Revolution, the American colonies were producing what percentage of the world's iron supply or about 30,000 tons annually?

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

4. What region has only a small need for additional workers?

5. What does Bailyn say about the force of attraction to North America?

(see the answer key)

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