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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Archibald Menzies decides that he had found the perfect race of people to populate Florida. What race is this?
(a) The Hungarians.
(b) The Turks.
(c) The Greeks.
(d) The Italians.

3. In the years before the Revolution, there were at least thirty-eight colonial merchant firms dealing in what nationality of servants?
(a) Swedish.
(b) French.
(c) British.
(d) German.

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

5. The first settlers into the new British territory began in what year?
(a) 1773.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1767.
(d) 1770.

6. What does the Register also record?
(a) The movement of individuals traveling to different parts of the colonies.
(b) The movement of families traveling to specific colonies.
(c) The movement of individuals traveling to specific colonies.
(d) The movement of families traveling to different parts of the colonies.

7. Not only was the demand for labor high in the colonies, but there was a potentially plentiful supply of labor where?
(a) Germany.
(b) In the British Isles.
(c) France.
(d) Sweden.

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

9. For what are buyers looking?
(a) The healthiest and hardest working servants.
(b) The healthiest, most skilled at the lowest price for the longest commitment time.
(c) The servants with the most experience.
(d) The youngest and most attractive servants.

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

11. How many departures does the Register show for West Florida between 1773 and 1776?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

12. The Register documents how many emigrant voyages from this village, containing 155 emigrants, in total?
(a) Six.
(b) Eight.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

13. During the seventeenth century, who are the only people who would continue to use this service?
(a) Those who are desperate or naive.
(b) Those who are new to the country.
(c) Those who are young.
(d) Those who do not speak English.

14. At a minimum, how many immigrants arrived in New York from Britain in the two years before the war and it is likely that another 1,300 also arrived?
(a) 4,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 3,000.
(d) 2,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unique about James Hogg's departure for America?

2. 16 of these ships came from England and how many came from Scotland?

3. What accounts for a major part of the migration to North America in the Register?

4. Who is appointed in the south to create a map?

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

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