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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. Most of these vessels listed were probably engaged in commercial voyages and carried passengers for what reason?
(a) To help them get to America.
(b) To have enough workers on the ship.
(c) To fill out their cargo and to gain some extra profit.
(d) To break even on their profits.

2. More than half of the migrants to Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia are ____________.
(a) Merchants.
(b) Indentured servants.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Artisans.

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

4. Construction, and in particular what type of building, was also a large industry in the North American colonies?
(a) Wagon building.
(b) Shipbuilding.
(c) Business construction.
(d) Homebuilding.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What closes the trans-Appalachian west, except to licensed traders, and created the colonies of Quebec, East and West Florida?

2. These characteristics are shared with other societies, but is America's way of life unique?

3. In 1753, into what debate does the Earl of Hillsborough enter?

4. What information is sometimes estimated by the customs officials?

5. What is commonly believed by 1773?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who were the people most available for labor?

3. Who is the Earl of Hillsborough?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is the result of the collection of statistical information?

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

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