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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Chapter 13 Gulf and Delta.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Later investigations of West Florida would show what?
(a) The rich delta lands.
(b) The wooded forests.
(c) The sandy and infertile beaches.
(d) The dangerous swampland.

2. How are merchants able to barter with overseers?
(a) They are willing to give the overseers a great deal of money.
(b) The overseers will steal from the merchants.
(c) The merchants barter with trade goods.
(d) The overseers are eager to unload their charges.

3. How might garrisons and roads be created?
(a) The Spanish government is more likely to invest in these building projects.
(b) The Italian government is more likely to invest in these building projects.
(c) The French government is more likely to invest in these building projects.
(d) The Portuguese government is more likely to invest in these building projects.

4. Over ___________ of the migrants went to mainland colonies.
(a) Fifty percent.
(b) Ten percent.
(c) Twenty-five percent.
(d) Eighty percent.

5. When does Hillsborough take on the key post of secretary of state for the colonies?
(a) In 1758.
(b) In 1738.
(c) In 1768.
(d) In 1748.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are most of the ironworks built?

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

3. What region has only a small need for additional workers?

4. Who provided much of the unskilled labor, particularly in the South, for the ironworks?

5. In New York and North Carolina, over eighty-five percent of migrants were Scots and were more likely to be __________.

(see the answer key)

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