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 years before the Revolution, there were at least thirty-eight colonial merchant firms dealing in what nationality of servants?
(a) German.
(b) British.
(c) Swedish.
(d) French.

2. The overwhelming majority of the individuals emigrating gave their destinations as mainland North American colonies south of where?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) New York.
(c) Nova Scotia.
(d) Massachusetts.

3. Bailyn compares the Register's totals to notices of ships' arrivals in North America and finds what?
(a) The Register's totals account for probably around two-fifths of the total number of British emigrants.
(b) The Register's totals account for probably around three-fifths of the total number of British emigrants.
(c) The Register's totals account for probably around four-fifths of the total number of British emigrants.
(d) The Register's totals account for probably around one-fifth of the total number of British emigrants.

4. Besides not making money quickly, why else does a seller not want the "goods" to remain in his care?
(a) They are tired of the servants.
(b) They will want to keep the servants.
(c) They have to feed, clothe, and house the servants.
(d) They have no work for the servants.

5. Bailyn turns his attention to where the emigrants migrated to in North America. How does he argue that they travel to all the colonies?
(a) They all take the same few boats.
(b) They travel to all the colonies in equal amounts.
(c) They often purchase their own vessels for the journey.
(d) They do not travel to all the colonies in equal amounts.