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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 is surprising about the expeditions previously mentioned?
(a) The settlers were surprisingly wealthy.
(b) The surviving records are surprisingly complete.
(c) The settlers were surprisingly prepared for colony life.
(d) The expeditions were surprisingly successful.

2. Where are the servants and convicts brought to be inspected by potential buyers?
(a) In private homes.
(b) In public houses.
(c) In court rooms.
(d) Up on deck.

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

4. 16 of these ships came from England and how many came from Scotland?
(a) 13.
(b) 16.
(c) 24.
(d) 31.

5. Is large-scale land speculation new in North America?
(a) Maybe.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) Somewhat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Register bring into focus?

2. What does Hogg decide about the prospective emigrants?

3. The Register documents how many emigrant voyages from this village, containing 155 emigrants, in total?

4. In 1772, what does De Brahm present to the King?

5. Maps were needed for the new territory. Who is appointed in the north?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author say about Nova Scotia in the period before the American Revolution?

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

3. Why is the location of a servant sale important to sellers?

4. What is Jonas Brown's plan?

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

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

7. What is one way that West Florida differs from East Florida? Is this good? Why or why not?

8. What is known about those who voyaged to the American colonies?

9. When did the first settler begin arriving in the new British territory? What information does the author give about this?

10. What is extraordinary about the cases that have been examined?

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