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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. It is estimated that for the years 1718 to 1775, how many convicts were banished to the colonies?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 40,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 30,000.

2. At certain times, vessels would carry _________ numbers of emigrants.
(a) Very small.
(b) Large.
(c) Small.
(d) An average.

3. Families migrating together tended to go to New York, North Carolina, and _________.
(a) Florida.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Nova Scotia.
(d) Virginia.

4. These characteristics are shared with other societies, but is America's way of life unique?
(a) Not very.
(b) A little.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

5. Do similar situations exist in other industries in this city?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) Yes, but only in a small amount of industries.
(d) Yes, but not until later in the century.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the verge of the Revolution, the American colonies were producing what percentage of the world's iron supply or about 30,000 tons annually?

2. How is the information handled at these sites?

3. In this chapter, what does Bailyn examine?

4. Of the 6,190 emigrants whose occupation is listed, only _____________ listed occupations that were considered "gentle."

5. What has long existed in the silk industry?

Short Essay Questions

1. How important is the construction industry at this time?

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

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

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

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

6. What is commonly believed by 1773?

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

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

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

10. What is wrong with this survey?

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