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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. A much smaller percentage was going where?
(a) To Canada and the West Indies.
(b) To North Carolina and New York.
(c) To Canada and Nova Scotia.
(d) To Mexico and the West Indies.

2. Most available for labor are who?
(a) Indentured servants.
(b) Condemned criminals.
(c) Women.
(d) Children.

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

4. After registering, were vessels free to pick up passengers without registering them?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) Maybe.
(d) Only ten passengers.

5. What does Bailyn say about the force of attraction to North America?
(a) It is attractive to British emigrants.
(b) It is powerful for British emigrants.
(c) It is a a necessary evil for British emigrants.
(d) It is a waste of time for British emigrants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has long existed in the silk industry?

2. In this chapter, what does Bailyn examine?

3. _________ of the nuclear families consisted of only a husband and wife.

4. 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?

5. In New York and North Carolina, over eighty-five percent of migrants were Scots and were more likely to be __________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How is the unending demand for labor satisfied?

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

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

8. Why must the official totals be adjusted upward?

9. After skilled artisans such as those trained in construction, what group do the colonists seek?

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

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