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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. What does the Earl of Hillsborough grasp?
(a) The positive effects expansion has on Great Britain.
(b) The importance of the colonies.
(c) The implications of the westward expansion and emigration.
(d) The weaknesses found in the colonies.

2. 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 no sense.
(d) It makes a lot of sense.

3. What information is sometimes estimated by the customs officials?
(a) Race.
(b) Gender.
(c) Trade.
(d) Age.

4. In what kind of world do these people live?
(a) One that is much like it is today.
(b) One that is somewhat risky.
(c) One that is much like Great Britain.
(d) One that is constantly at risk.

5. This raw data that is collected by English and Scottish port officials is sent where?
(a) To one customs board in London.
(b) To one customs board in Edinburgh.
(c) To two customs boards in London and Edinburgh.
(d) To three customs boards in London, Edinburgh, and Dublin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Do the concerns over the settlement of western lands and emigration from Britain to the colonies play a role in the early efforts of the British government to establish and shape policies on the western lands?

3. Building craftsman and clothing makers were in high demand where?

4. When does Hillsborough take on the key post of secretary of state for the colonies?

5. What region has only a small need for additional workers?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Bailyn say about where the emigrants migrated the most?

3. Who were the people most available for labor?

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

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

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

7. What is eighteenth century America like?

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. What does the author say about the silk industry?

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

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