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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. By 1775, it is estimated that one in every ____________ of the people in this city was a servant.
(a) Seven.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Eight.

2. What types of groups of emigrants leave steadily over the months for North America?
(a) Very large.
(b) Large.
(c) Small.
(d) Medium.

3. Where are most of the ironworks built?
(a) Along the coast.
(b) In open country.
(c) In heavily wooded areas.
(d) In agricultural towns.

4. When does Hillsborough take on the key post of secretary of state for the colonies?
(a) In 1748.
(b) In 1758.
(c) In 1768.
(d) In 1738.

5. After 1760 and the end of the war in North America, what happens to the colonies?
(a) They become less risky.
(b) They expand.
(c) They shrink.
(d) They stay the same.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to the bill for which the Earl of Hillsborough fought?

3. How is the information handled at these sites?

4. At certain times, vessels would carry _________ numbers of emigrants.

5. After registering, were vessels free to pick up passengers without registering them?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why must the official totals be adjusted upward?

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

4. What is eighteenth century America like?

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

6. What is wrong with this survey?

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

8. Describe the spreading of the population in the American colonies before the Revolutionary War. What is the significance of this?

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

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

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