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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. English women emigrants were almost always engaged in what sort of work?
(a) Pottery.
(b) Textile work.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Cleaning.

2. What does John Powell, an undersecretary of state for the colonies, suggest?
(a) A statistical assessment of those who do not emigrate.
(b) Emigration be halted.
(c) A statistical assessment of emigration be done to see how Britain was affected.
(d) Emigration be difficult and expensive.

3. Where is the silk industry developed in the late seventeenth century?
(a) Four blocks in North London.
(b) Four blocks in South London.
(c) Four blocks in West London.
(d) Four blocks in East London.

4. Bailyn argues that for the men a picture develops of lower middle and working class men for whom emigration was what?
(a) A desperate escape rather than an opportunity to be sought.
(b) Something exciting to do.
(c) Something that they must do for their families.
(d) An opportunity to be sought rather than a desperate escape.

5. Do those in the colonies have to struggle to maintain the forms of civilized existence that were present elsewhere?
(a) Not much.
(b) A little.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tompkyns soon hire an extra clerk?

2. Do there appear to be concentrations of indentured servants in particular occupations settling in certain colonies?

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

4. The reports from the customs officials show 9,868 individuals leaving for North America from December, 1773 to March, 1776. Why must this number must be adjusted?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Bailyn's first impression of British life in the years leading up to the American Revolution?

2. What is wrong with this survey?

3. What does Bailyn say about the families who migrated together?

4. What does the author say about how the immigrants arrived in the Americas?

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

6. What is the age range for emigrants? What is important about this?

7. How is the unending demand for labor satisfied?

8. What does Bailyn say about the number of people leaving for North America from December 1773 to March 1776 and those who are not emigrants?

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

10. What does the author say about the silk industry?

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