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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. The Earl of Hillsborough argues that the colonies are to benefit the kingdom through commerce and the production of goods. What does he think about settling the western lands, regarding this goal?
(a) It will be difficult to do.
(b) It is a simple solution to achieve this goal.
(c) It makes a lot of sense.
(d) It makes no sense.

2. What has long existed in the silk industry?
(a) Many jobs.
(b) Happy employees.
(c) Labor unrest.
(d) The same weaving techniques.

3. Those between what ages typically travel independent of families?
(a) 18 and 25.
(b) 15 and 24.
(c) 10 and 15.
(d) 20 and 30.

4. The occupations and residences of those emigrating to New York and North Carolina are _____________ the previous colonies.
(a) Better than.
(b) Different from.
(c) Worse than.
(d) The same as.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Do British officials pay much attention at first to the settlement of western lands in America or to emigration from Britain to the colonies?

3. The ages of the emigrants tended to concentrate around what ages?

4. What does the Earl of Hillsborough grasp?

5. Can the precise difference between the actual numbers of emigrants and between the Register's totals be established?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why must the official totals be adjusted upward?

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

4. What is wrong with this survey?

5. What does Bailyn say about the force of attraction to North America?

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

7. How are the provinces different from the urban areas?

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

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

10. Who were the people most available for labor?

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