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

2. The Earl of Hillsborough argues that the colonies are to benefit the kingdom through commerce and the production of goods. What does he think about settling the western lands, regarding this goal?
(a) It will be difficult to do.
(b) It makes no sense.
(c) It is a simple solution to achieve this goal.
(d) It makes a lot of sense.

3. The information sent to where is sent directly to the Treasury in London without any editing or summarization?
(a) Dublin.
(b) Edinburgh.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

4. In the pre-Revolutionary years, many people emigrated from where?
(a) The British mainland.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) The European continent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. These characteristics are shared with other societies, but is America's way of life unique?

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

3. Bailyn turns his attention to where the emigrants migrated to in North America. How does he argue that they travel to all the colonies?

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

5. More children below the age of ten and more _________________ departed from Scotland.

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