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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. In this chapter, what does Bailyn examine?
(a) The areas which experienced labor shortages in Great Britain during this time period.
(b) The areas which have not been experiencing labor shortages in North America.
(c) The areas which experienced labor shortages in North America during this time period.
(d) The areas which have not been experiencing labor shortages in Great Britain.

2. 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.

3. In 1753, into what debate does the Earl of Hillsborough enter?
(a) Whether Great Britain should stay in control of the colonies.
(b) Whether to allow people to emigrate to the colonies.
(c) Whether to create a national census.
(d) Whether to create a new nation out of the colonies.

4. Of the 8,613 emigrants whose sex was registered, about ____________ are males?
(a) Three-fourths.
(b) One-half.
(c) Two-thirds.
(d) One-fourth.

5. In the pre-Revolutionary days, what is the largest urban center in the western world?
(a) Edinburgh.
(b) Dublin.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. After 1760 and the end of the war in North America, what happens to the colonies?

2. Bailyn compares the Register's totals to notices of ships' arrivals in North America and finds what?

3. In the provinces, is there mass exodus anywhere in Britain?

4. Over ___________ of the migrants went to mainland colonies.

5. Do those in the colonies have to struggle to maintain the forms of civilized existence that were present elsewhere?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the Earl of Hillsborough?

2. What happens after 1760 and the end of the war in North America?

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

4. Who were the people most available for labor?

5. From where do people emigrate in the pre-Revolutionary years? To where do they immigrate?

6. How do most of the emigrants travel? Why?

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

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

9. How is the unending demand for labor satisfied?

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

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