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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. Where are most of the ironworks built?
(a) In agricultural towns.
(b) In open country.
(c) In heavily wooded areas.
(d) Along the coast.

2. What is the major problem of this survey?
(a) There are many stowaways.
(b) There is no legal requirement for vessels carrying emigrants to register with customs.
(c) Information is given by word of mouth.
(d) Most people cannot write to fill out the paperwork.

3. How would the seller wait when the buyers surveyed the servants?
(a) Annoyed.
(b) Sadly.
(c) Anxiously.
(d) Excitedly.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The largest occupation category is what?

2. What does Bailyn say about what these patterns show about the migration from Britain to America?

3. What is commonly believed by 1773?

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

5. A much smaller percentage was going where?

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