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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1763, when almost all of the land east of the Mississippi River became the territory of what nation?
(a) Germany.
(b) Great Britain.
(c) Spain.
(d) France.

2. How does communication between inland North Carolina and the Scottish Highlands remain strong?
(a) A great deal of travel takes place between both locations.
(b) Strong leaders exist in both regions.
(c) There is a constant flow of emigrants from Scottland.
(d) Letters pass between family members on both sides of the ocean.

3. What is the name of the vessel used in all voyages from this village?
(a) The Marlborough.
(b) The Edinburgh.
(c) The Lucia.
(d) The Queen Mother.

4. When is there a wild land boom in Nova Scotia?
(a) The mid-Forties.
(b) The mid-Thirties.
(c) The mid-Sixties.
(d) The mid-Fifties.

5. Grants that are given are revocable unless _____________ of the land was populated within three years with one person for every hundred acres.
(a) One-fifth.
(b) One-fourth.
(c) One-half.
(d) One-third.

6. When these recruiters confronted the victims about their debt, what choices are they given?
(a) Death or debtors' prison.
(b) Servitude or slavery.
(c) Death or servitude.
(d) Debtors' prison or servitude.

7. What is unique about James Hogg's departure for America?
(a) His trip is very simple.
(b) The records were almost completely destroyed.
(c) The records that survived.
(d) His trip is very organized.

8. What is the most valuable form of payment for a servant?
(a) Dollar bills.
(b) Trade goods.
(c) Bills of exchange payable on demand from well-known and financially stable British firms.
(d) Checks.

9. Describe the Gulf shore.
(a) Sandy, yet fertile.
(b) Sandy and infertile.
(c) Wooded and hilly.
(d) Mineral rich soil and fertile.

10. Who helps James Hogg by arranging to have a vessel sent north to transport James and his family?
(a) His brother, Robert Hogg.
(b) His father, Roger Hogg.
(c) His cousin, Robert Hogg.
(d) His sister, Roberta Hogg.

11. What area proved to be most attractive to land speculators and investors?
(a) West Florida.
(b) East Florida.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Mississippi.

12. What is one way that West Florida differs from East Florida?
(a) The colony is adjacent to Italy's territory of the trans-Mississippi west.
(b) The colony is adjacent to France's territory of the trans-Mississippi west.
(c) The colony is adjacent to Portugal's territory of the trans-Mississippi west.
(d) The colony is adjacent to Spain's territory of the trans-Mississippi west.

13. During the years in question, how many huge areas of land were claimed by the colony of New York and were opened to settlement?
(a) Two.
(b) Ten.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

14. How long had the connection between the Highlands and North Carolina been in place?
(a) Almost a decade.
(b) Almost half a century.
(c) Almost a quarter of a century.
(d) Almost a century.

15. The beginning point for this migration was where?
(a) The port of Boston.
(b) The port of Albany.
(c) The port of New York.
(d) The port of Maine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides not making money quickly, why else does a seller not want the "goods" to remain in his care?

2. One part of this network is ______________ later called register offices.

3. Who had provided what little information was known about this area from experience in the battles with the Spanish?

4. Is large-scale land speculation new in North America?

5. How are merchants able to barter with overseers?

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