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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Bailyn's first impression of British life in the years leading up to the American Revolution?
(a) One of simplicity as only those in England move to London, the port of exit.
(b) One of complexity as thousands of people in every region of the country move to ports of exit.
(c) One of simplicity as a few hundred people move to London and a few other ports of exit.
(d) One of complexity as tens of thousands of people in every region in Europe moves to ports of exit.

2. These characteristics are shared with other societies, but is America's way of life unique?
(a) No.
(b) A little.
(c) Not very.
(d) Yes.

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

4. The overwhelming majority of the individuals emigrating gave their destinations as mainland North American colonies south of where?
(a) Nova Scotia.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) New York.

5. The largest occupation category is what?
(a) Artisans, craftsmen, or workers trained in specific skills.
(b) Merchants.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Businessmen.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the verge of the Revolution, the American colonies were producing what percentage of the world's iron supply or about 30,000 tons annually?

2. How is this concentration of ages markedly different from the overall percentage of British citizens and from the population of the American colonies?

3. In this chapter, what does Bailyn examine?

4. The magnitude of these developments was __________________ in these years than they had been in the preceding years.

5. The occupations and residences of those emigrating to New York and North Carolina are _____________ the previous colonies.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the Earl of Hillsborough?

2. What is known about correlation between age and where the emigrants migrated?

3. What is commonly believed by 1773?

4. What does the author discover about the gender of the emigrants?

5. What are the differences between Hillsborough and lobbyists such as Benjamin Franklin?

6. Who is John Powell? What does he suggest?

7. What is done with the raw data from this collection?

8. How do British officials initially feel about settlement of western lands in America or to emigration from Britain?

9. After skilled artisans such as those trained in construction, what group do the colonists seek?

10. What is known about most of the families who emigrated?

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