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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Do similar situations exist in other industries in this city?
(a) No.
(b) Yes, but not until later in the century.
(c) Yes, but only in a small amount of industries.
(d) Yes.

2. This raw data that is collected by English and Scottish port officials is sent where?
(a) To one customs board in London.
(b) To three customs boards in London, Edinburgh, and Dublin.
(c) To two customs boards in London and Edinburgh.
(d) To one customs board in Edinburgh.

3. What happens to the bill for which the Earl of Hillsborough fought?
(a) It is defeated.
(b) It is considered.
(c) It is modified.
(d) It is accepted.

4. The importation of workers from where had begun in 1714?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Africa.
(d) Great Britain.

5. Construction, and in particular what type of building, was also a large industry in the North American colonies?
(a) Business construction.
(b) Homebuilding.
(c) Wagon building.
(d) Shipbuilding.

6. What is Bailyn's first impression of British life in the years leading up to the American Revolution?
(a) One of simplicity as a few hundred people move to London and a few other ports of exit.
(b) One of simplicity as only those in England move to London, the port of exit.
(c) One of complexity as thousands of people in every region of the country move to ports of exit.
(d) One of complexity as tens of thousands of people in every region in Europe moves to ports of exit.

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

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

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

10. In the pre-Revolutionary years, many people emigrated from where?
(a) The British mainland.
(b) France.
(c) The European continent.
(d) England.

11. The information sent to where is sent directly to the Treasury in London without any editing or summarization?
(a) London.
(b) Dublin.
(c) Paris.
(d) Edinburgh.

12. The flow of individuals into New York and North Carolina seem to form small communities composed largely of _________ working the land.
(a) Individuals.
(b) Families.
(c) Men.
(d) Couples.

13. More than half of the migrants to Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia are ____________.
(a) Indentured servants.
(b) Artisans.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Merchants.

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

15. What does John Powell, an undersecretary of state for the colonies, suggest?
(a) A statistical assessment of emigration be done to see how Britain was affected.
(b) Emigration be halted.
(c) A statistical assessment of those who do not emigrate.
(d) Emigration be difficult and expensive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the major problem of this survey?

2. Do those in the colonies have to struggle to maintain the forms of civilized existence that were present elsewhere?

3. How much regard is there for human suffering and rights?

4. 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?

5. Bailyn compares the Register's totals to notices of ships' arrivals in North America and finds what?

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