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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Earl of Hillsborough grasp?
(a) The weaknesses found in the colonies.
(b) The positive effects expansion has on Great Britain.
(c) The implications of the westward expansion and emigration.
(d) The importance of the colonies.

2. In the pre-Revolutionary days, what is the largest urban center in the western world?
(a) Dublin.
(b) Edinburgh.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

3. At certain times, vessels would carry _________ numbers of emigrants.
(a) Large.
(b) Very small.
(c) An average.
(d) Small.

4. What does Bailyn say about the force of attraction to North America?
(a) It is a waste of time for British emigrants.
(b) It is attractive to British emigrants.
(c) It is a a necessary evil for British emigrants.
(d) It is powerful for British emigrants.

5. After 1760 and the end of the war in North America, what happens to the colonies?
(a) They become less risky.
(b) They shrink.
(c) They stay the same.
(d) They expand.

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

7. Do those in the colonies have to struggle to maintain the forms of civilized existence that were present elsewhere?
(a) Yes.
(b) Not much.
(c) No.
(d) A little.

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

9. Building in general accounts for much of the recruitment of artisans from where?
(a) France.
(b) Nova Scotia.
(c) Abroad.
(d) North Carolina.

10. Do the concerns over the settlement of western lands and emigration from Britain to the colonies play a role in the early efforts of the British government to establish and shape policies on the western lands?
(a) Yes.
(b) Somewhat.
(c) Maybe.
(d) No.

11. Who provided much of the unskilled labor, particularly in the South, for the ironworks?
(a) Boys.
(b) Indentured servants.
(c) Young children.
(d) Slaves.

12. By 1765, it was evident that one result of the employment problems in the silk industry would be what?
(a) A large exodus of weavers to other countries in Europe.
(b) A large exodus of weavers to other trades.
(c) A small exodus of weavers to the colonies.
(d) A large exodus of weavers to the colonies.

13. What region has only a small need for additional workers?
(a) New England.
(b) Florida.
(c) The South.
(d) Maine.

14. In 1753, into what debate does the Earl of Hillsborough enter?
(a) Whether to allow people to emigrate to the colonies.
(b) Whether to create a national census.
(c) Whether Great Britain should stay in control of the colonies.
(d) Whether to create a new nation out of the colonies.

15. Migrants to Nova Scotia tended to be similar to those going to New York and North Carolina while those migrating to the West Indies tended to be similar to those migrating to which colonies?
(a) The southern colonies.
(b) The central colonies.
(c) The island colonies.
(d) The northern colonies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Most available for labor are who?

2. The flow of individuals into New York and North Carolina seem to form small communities composed largely of _________ working the land.

3. What does Bailyn say about what these patterns show about the migration from Britain to America?

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

5. 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?

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