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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 society was made up on 40 to 50 merchants, noblemen, and entrepreneurs who wanted to develop new properties in America?
(a) The East Florida Society.
(b) The West Florida Society.
(c) The Mississippi Society.
(d) The Alabaman Society.

2. What do buyers also have to consider when making a purchase?
(a) Encumbrances like other family members and the character of the servants.
(b) Age and gender.
(c) The personality of the servant.
(d) The intelligence of the servant.

3. In 1772, what does De Brahm present to the King?
(a) A huge map.
(b) A special dinner.
(c) A present.
(d) A large sum of money.

4. What did the British do this to these settlers?
(a) The British want everyone to speak the same language.
(b) The British want to rid the colony of these strange people.
(c) The British desire their culture to be the most important.
(d) The British desired to repopulate the colony with politically reliable Protestants.

5. How long had the connection between the Highlands and North Carolina been in place?
(a) Almost a quarter of a century.
(b) Almost a century.
(c) Almost a decade.
(d) Almost half a century.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the years in question, how many huge areas of land were claimed by the colony of New York and were opened to settlement?

2. Efforts are being made to exploit and populate the coastal lands of what states?

3. The population of this colony and surrounding islands, although small, is what?

4. How many departures does the Register show for West Florida between 1773 and 1776?

5. How are merchants able to barter with overseers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is one of the first larger groups to migrate to West Florida? Describe their arrival.

2. What efforts have been made to exploit and populate the coastal lands of Florida and the gulf and river shores of Mississippi and Alabama?

3. What is Jonas Brown's plan?

4. What takes place to provide maps of the region?

5. How are indentured servants often sold?

6. How were these new lands divided?

7. Why is the location of a servant sale important to buyers?

8. On what do merchants and their agents rely? Why?

9. How else do merchants recruit workers?

10. What is the importance of New York during this time?

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