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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On the verge of the Revolution, the American colonies were producing what percentage of the world's iron supply or about 30,000 tons annually?
(a) About one-fifth.
(b) About one-fourth.
(c) About one-seventh.
(d) About one-sixth.

3. After registering, were vessels free to pick up passengers without registering them?
(a) Only ten passengers.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) Maybe.

4. The magnitude of these developments was __________________ in these years than they had been in the preceding years.
(a) The same.
(b) Greater.
(c) Less than.
(d) Slightly less.

5. By 1775, it is estimated that one in every ____________ of the people in this city was a servant.
(a) Eight.
(b) Seven.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

6. Most emigrants traveled ____________.
(a) In groups.
(b) With families.
(c) Alone.
(d) In pairs.

7. Why is the data source that the author mentions incomplete?
(a) It includes only information for England and Scotland.
(b) It includes only information about life after emigration.
(c) It includes only information about those who are indentured servants.
(d) It includes only information about males.

8. Families migrating together tended to go to New York, North Carolina, and _________.
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Florida.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Nova Scotia.

9. At this time, most individuals concerned with emigration focused on what?
(a) A loss in a sense of nationalism.
(b) Demographic and economic losses.
(c) A sense of fear felt by those who stay in Great Britain.
(d) Personal losses.

10. What does Bailyn say about what these patterns show about the migration from Britain to America?
(a) A discrete and patterned movement of people.
(b) A movement that, at times, seems to have a pattern.
(c) A small amount of movement of people.
(d) A unorganized movement of people.

11. As what do the colonies become known?
(a) A potential gold mine in land values, consumer markets, and so on.
(b) A no man's land.
(c) A savage land.
(d) A threat to British power.

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

13. 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 do not travel to all the colonies in equal amounts.
(c) They travel to all the colonies in equal amounts.
(d) They often purchase their own vessels for the journey.

14. How many ironworks are operating in the colonies at this time?
(a) Over 150.
(b) Over 250.
(c) Over 200.
(d) Over 100.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After 1760 and the end of the war in North America, what happens to the colonies?

2. Of the 8,613 emigrants whose sex was registered, about ____________ are males?

3. What is Bailyn's first impression of British life in the years leading up to the American Revolution?

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

5. What does Bailyn say about the force of attraction to North America?

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