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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. To find the types of workers that were needed, merchants and their agents relied on public notifications. What are important focuses of these notifications?
(a) Public houses.
(b) Brothels.
(c) Opera houses.
(d) Theatrical houses.

2. 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) Nova Scotia.
(b) New York.
(c) Maine.
(d) Massachusetts.

3. Why does Tompkyns soon hire an extra clerk?
(a) He is overwhelmed with his job.
(b) He is tired of his job.
(c) He is sick.
(d) He is emigrating to America.

4. What other location would sellers avoid?
(a) Places that are difficult for buyers to get to.
(b) Places that are too close to the water.
(c) Places that make the servants uncomfortable.
(d) Places that are too far inland.

5. What do these unscrupulous recruiters do to impoverished victims?
(a) They induce them to lessen their debt by selling their valuables.
(b) They induce them to pile up debts for food, clothing, and drink.
(c) They induce them to pile up debts for housing.
(d) They induce them to end debt by working hard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Most available for labor are who?

2. Families migrating together tended to go to New York, North Carolina, and _________.

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

4. 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?

5. It is estimated that for the years 1718 to 1775, how many convicts were banished to the colonies?

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