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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. Do British officials pay much attention at first to the settlement of western lands in America or to emigration from Britain to the colonies?
(a) No, not at all.
(b) No, not too much.
(c) Yes, a great deal.
(d) Yes, somewhat.

2. What does Bailyn say about the force of attraction to North America?
(a) It is a waste of time for British emigrants.
(b) It is powerful for British emigrants.
(c) It is a a necessary evil for British emigrants.
(d) It is attractive to British emigrants.

3. 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 makes a lot of sense.
(b) It will be difficult to do.
(c) It makes no sense.
(d) It is a simple solution to achieve this goal.

4. The average ages for immigrants to the colonies range from a low of ________________ to a high of 40.5 for Canada.
(a) 20.5 for Massachusetts.
(b) 15. 3 for Virginia.
(c) 27.8 for New York.
(d) 18.7 for North Carolina.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Construction, and in particular what type of building, was also a large industry in the North American colonies?

2. What is commonly believed by 1773?

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

4. In New York and North Carolina, over eighty-five percent of migrants were Scots and were more likely to be __________.

5. The English migrants most often went to Pennsylvania, Maryland and ________.

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