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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 fill out their cargo and to gain some extra profit.
(b) To help them get to America.
(c) To have enough workers on the ship.
(d) To break even on their profits.

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

3. As what do the colonies become known?
(a) A potential gold mine in land values, consumer markets, and so on.
(b) A threat to British power.
(c) A no man's land.
(d) A savage land.

4. Can the precise difference between the actual numbers of emigrants and between the Register's totals be established?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Yes, in a few years.
(d) Maybe.

5. The average ages for immigrants to the colonies range from a low of ________________ to a high of 40.5 for Canada.
(a) 20.5 for Massachusetts.
(b) 27.8 for New York.
(c) 18.7 for North Carolina.
(d) 15. 3 for Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Is the movement to the colonies a patternless roaming?

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

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

4. How much regard is there for human suffering and rights?

5. In the pre-Revolutionary years, many people emigrated from where?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is the unending demand for labor satisfied?

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

5. What does Bailyn say about the vessels traveling to America?

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

7. What is commonly believed by 1773?

8. What is wrong with this survey?

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

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

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