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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Farmers.
(d) Merchants.

2. Building craftsman and clothing makers were in high demand where?
(a) Maryland.
(b) New York.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Almost everywhere.

3. Where are most of the ironworks built?
(a) In open country.
(b) In agricultural towns.
(c) Along the coast.
(d) In heavily wooded areas.

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

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

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

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

8. It is estimated that for the years 1718 to 1775, how many convicts were banished to the colonies?
(a) 50,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 40,000.

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

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

11. What closes the trans-Appalachian west, except to licensed traders, and created the colonies of Quebec, East and West Florida?
(a) The Proclamation of the Americas.
(b) The Proclamation of 1763.
(c) The Proclamation of the 1773.
(d) The Proclamation of the Colonies.

12. Where are deliberately organized emigrant vessels more common?
(a) In Southern English and French ports.
(b) In Southern English and Irish ports.
(c) In Northern English and Scottish ports.
(d) In Northern English and Northern Irish ports.

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

14. During this time, there was also an array of lobbyists working for land speculators and western trading interests, led by whom?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Benjamin Moore.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) George Washington.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Over ___________ of the migrants went to mainland colonies.

5. The emigrants listed in the Register sailed to America in how many different vessels?

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