1. More children below the age of ten and more _________________ departed from Scotland.
(a) Men and boys.
(b) Women and boys.
(c) Women and girls.
(d) Men and girls.

2. Is the movement to the colonies a patternless roaming?
(a) Yes.
(b) Somewhat.
(c) At first.
(d) No.

3. What closes the trans-Appalachian west, except to licensed traders, and created the colonies of Quebec, East and West Florida?
(a) The Proclamation of the Americas.
(b) The Proclamation of the 1773.
(c) The Proclamation of the Colonies.
(d) The Proclamation of 1763.

4. In the months that followed, how many emigrants do customs officials interview?
(a) Tens of thousands.
(b) Thousands.
(c) Hundreds.
(d) Dozens.

5. This colony and the adjacent islands totaled over how many square miles and had a population of less than 18,000 in early 1774?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 22,000.
(d) 10,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Is large-scale land speculation new in North America?

4. The managers often fleeced applicants and sometimes did what to poor women?

5. The Register documents how many emigrant voyages from this village, containing 155 emigrants, in total?

(see the answer key)

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