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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why is there a small need for additional workers in this region?
(a) It is not growing quickly.
(b) It is already producing a surplus population.
(c) It is mostly unpopulated.
(d) It is not a safe place to live.

6. In New York and North Carolina, over eighty-five percent of migrants were Scots and were more likely to be __________.
(a) Artisans.
(b) Doctors.
(c) Merchants.
(d) Farmers.

7. What is commonly believed by 1773?
(a) British emigration was leading to more wealth for those who stayed behind.
(b) British emigration was becoming unpopular.
(c) British emigration was becoming more difficult to do.
(d) British emigration was leading to depopulation in certain areas of the British Isles.

8. The ages of the emigrants tended to concentrate around what ages?
(a) 30-34.
(b) 10-15.
(c) 20-24.
(d) 25-30.

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

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

11. 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 the colonies.
(b) A large exodus of weavers to other countries in Europe.
(c) A small exodus of weavers to the colonies.
(d) A large exodus of weavers to other trades.

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

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

14. The occupations and residences of those emigrating to New York and North Carolina are _____________ the previous colonies.
(a) The same as.
(b) Better than.
(c) Different from.
(d) Worse than.

15. Do there appear to be concentrations of indentured servants in particular occupations settling in certain colonies?
(a) Not at first.
(b) Yes.
(c) Maybe.
(d) No.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bailyn argues that for the men a picture develops of lower middle and working class men for whom emigration was what?

2. What types of groups of emigrants leave steadily over the months for North America?

3. In the pre-Revolutionary days, what is the largest urban center in the western world?

4. In what kind of world do these people live?

5. What is John Tompkyns' job?

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