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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 period before the American Revolution, what is the northeastern most point in the arc of borderlands in the outer boundaries of British communities in North America?
(a) New York.
(b) Nova Scotia.
(c) Maine.
(d) Massachusetts.

2. What is also increasing between industries?
(a) Compromises.
(b) Competition.
(c) Employee swapping.
(d) Agreements.

3. The flow of individuals into New York and North Carolina seem to form small communities composed largely of _________ working the land.
(a) Individuals.
(b) Families.
(c) Men.
(d) Couples.

4. 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?
(a) The southern colonies.
(b) The northern colonies.
(c) The island colonies.
(d) The central colonies.

5. By 1775, it is estimated that one in every ____________ of the people in this city was a servant.
(a) Eight.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Seven.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bailyn argues that for the men a picture develops of lower middle and working class men for whom emigration was what?

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

3. After 1760 and the end of the war in North America, what happens to the colonies?

4. Over ___________ of the migrants went to mainland colonies.

5. In the pre-Revolutionary years, many people emigrated from where?

(see the answer key)

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