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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. This colony and the adjacent islands totaled over how many square miles and had a population of less than 18,000 in early 1774?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 22,000.

2. What location would sellers avoid for holding sales?
(a) Places where other ships had recently arrived.
(b) Places that are too windy.
(c) Places that cost a price.
(d) Places that are too open to the elements.

3. What does the Register bring into focus?
(a) The seaside resort of Glassgow.
(b) The large town of London.
(c) The small urban town of Edinburgh.
(d) The small fishing village of Whitby on the North Sea coast of Yorkshire.

4. What land is the most attractive in Nova Scotia?
(a) The land along the Hudson River.
(b) The land along the Bay of Fundy.
(c) The land along the border with Canada.
(d) The land along the Atlantic Ocean.

5. What made this form of payment difficult?
(a) All banks may not cash the check.
(b) The bills may get lost.
(c) The seller has to estimate the worth of the trade goods.
(d) The money may not be accepted everywhere.

6. What does Hogg decide about the prospective emigrants?
(a) They had to be Scottish.
(b) They had to be very wealthy.
(c) They had to be disease free, be of good character, and be able to pay their freight with extra for accidents.
(d) They had to be related to him.

7. Later investigations of West Florida would show what?
(a) The dangerous swampland.
(b) The wooded forests.
(c) The rich delta lands.
(d) The sandy and infertile beaches.

8. There are successes in land speculation and, as more British become aware of the opportunities, what happens?
(a) Certification programs become available to become speculators.
(b) Many people want help from these speculators.
(c) The small group of entrepreneurs make money.
(d) More entrepreneurs try to put together ventures.

9. How would the seller wait when the buyers surveyed the servants?
(a) Annoyed.
(b) Sadly.
(c) Anxiously.
(d) Excitedly.

10. What do these unscrupulous recruiters do to impoverished victims?
(a) They induce them to lessen their debt by selling their valuables.
(b) They induce them to pile up debts for housing.
(c) They induce them to pile up debts for food, clothing, and drink.
(d) They induce them to end debt by working hard.

11. How are merchants able to barter with overseers?
(a) The overseers are eager to unload their charges.
(b) The overseers will steal from the merchants.
(c) They are willing to give the overseers a great deal of money.
(d) The merchants barter with trade goods.

12. Who probably convinced James Hogg to lead and organize a group of emigrants?
(a) Robert, his cousin.
(b) Robert, his brother.
(c) Inglis, the ship owner.
(d) Roger, his father.

13. Why might land speculators not be interested in this land?
(a) It is dangerous.
(b) It is hot and treacherous.
(c) It is far from the other colonies.
(d) It is obscure and unglamorous.

14. 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) Three.
(c) Ten.
(d) Four.

15. One part of this network is ______________ later called register offices.
(a) Intellectual offices.
(b) Intelligence offices.
(c) Registrar offices.
(d) Smart offices.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps James Hogg by arranging to have a vessel sent north to transport James and his family?

2. After ten years, what would happen to any land not populated?

3. What did the British do this to these settlers?

4. How many departures does the Register show for West Florida between 1773 and 1776?

5. How might garrisons and roads be created?

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