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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. Over ___________ of the migrants went to mainland colonies.
(a) Ten percent.
(b) Twenty-five percent.
(c) Fifty percent.
(d) Eighty percent.

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

3. At certain times, vessels would carry _________ numbers of emigrants.
(a) Small.
(b) Large.
(c) An average.
(d) Very small.

4. The occupations and residences of those emigrating to New York and North Carolina are _____________ the previous colonies.
(a) Better than.
(b) The same as.
(c) Worse than.
(d) Different from.

5. Building in general accounts for much of the recruitment of artisans from where?
(a) Abroad.
(b) Nova Scotia.
(c) France.
(d) North Carolina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Earl of Hillsborough grasp?

2. Why does this proclamation aim to slow expansion?

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

4. Why does Tompkyns soon hire an extra clerk?

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

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