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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Most of these vessels listed were probably engaged in commercial voyages and carried passengers for what reason?
(a) To fill out their cargo and to gain some extra profit.
(b) To have enough workers on the ship.
(c) To break even on their profits.
(d) To help them get to America.

2. Of the 8,613 emigrants whose sex was registered, about ____________ are males?
(a) One-fourth.
(b) Three-fourths.
(c) One-half.
(d) Two-thirds.

3. To where do they immigrate?
(a) America.
(b) Canada.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Mexico.

4. How much regard is there for human suffering and rights?
(a) Some.
(b) A great amount of.
(c) Much.
(d) Little.

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

6. Into where does the population of the colonies spread?
(a) The backcountry of the coastal colonies and trans-Appalachian west.
(b) To Florida.
(c) Along the Atlantic coast.
(d) North and south.

7. What is John Tompkyns' job?
(a) He inspects and corrects each incoming report and then copies the information onto large uniform sheets.
(b) He organizes the paperwork.
(c) He files all of the paperwork.
(d) He sends the reports to the various inspection sites.

8. 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?
(a) It makes a lot of sense.
(b) It makes no sense.
(c) It is a simple solution to achieve this goal.
(d) It will be difficult to do.

9. In what kind of world do these people live?
(a) One that is much like Great Britain.
(b) One that is much like it is today.
(c) One that is constantly at risk.
(d) One that is somewhat risky.

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

11. How is the information handled at these sites?
(a) Not well.
(b) Almost the same.
(c) Differently.
(d) The same.

12. 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.

13. What types of groups of emigrants leave steadily over the months for North America?
(a) Small.
(b) Medium.
(c) Very large.
(d) Large.

14. Of the 6,190 emigrants whose occupation is listed, only _____________ listed occupations that were considered "gentle."
(a) 4.5%
(b) 45%
(c) 2.3%.
(d) 23%.

15. 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 unorganized movement of people.
(c) A movement that, at times, seems to have a pattern.
(d) A small amount of movement of people.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How many ironworks are operating in the colonies at this time?

3. By 1775, it is estimated that one in every ____________ of the people in this city was a servant.

4. The English migrants most often went to Pennsylvania, Maryland and ________.

5. What is the result of this collection?

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