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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Introduction and Chapter 11 Yorkshire and the Maritime Northeast.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the pre-Revolutionary days, what is the largest urban center in the western world?
(a) Dublin.
(b) London.
(c) Edinburgh.
(d) Paris.

2. What accounts for a major part of the migration to North America in the Register?
(a) The demand for labor after 1760.
(b) The demand for labor before 1760.
(c) The lack of need for labor after 1760.
(d) The lack of labor available after 1760.

3. How is this concentration of ages markedly different from the overall percentage of British citizens and from the population of the American colonies?
(a) Over half of the free population was under the age of 21.
(b) Over half of the free population was under the age of 10.
(c) Over half of the free population was over the age of 40.
(d) Over half of the free population was over the age of 21.

4. The managers often fleeced applicants and sometimes did what to poor women?
(a) Trapped them in prostitution.
(b) Fired them.
(c) Ignored them.
(d) Stole from them.

5. In New York and North Carolina, over eighty-five percent of migrants were Scots and were more likely to be __________.
(a) Artisans.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Merchants.
(d) Doctors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Migrants to Nova Scotia tended to be similar to those going to New York and North Carolina while those migrating to the West Indies tended to be similar to those migrating to which colonies?

2. Besides not making money quickly, why else does a seller not want the "goods" to remain in his care?

3. In 1753, into what debate does the Earl of Hillsborough enter?

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

5. The reports from the customs officials show 9,868 individuals leaving for North America from December, 1773 to March, 1776. Why must this number must be adjusted?

(see the answer key)

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