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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. After ten years, what would happen to any land not populated?
(a) It would revert back to the land speculator.
(b) It would become the land of the Native Americans.
(c) It would become the land of Spain.
(d) It would revert back to the crown.

2. The population of this colony and surrounding islands, although small, is what?
(a) Ethnically typical of other colonies.
(b) Mostly French.
(c) Mostly Micmac.
(d) Ethnically diverse.

3. Who probably convinced James Hogg to lead and organize a group of emigrants?
(a) Robert, his cousin.
(b) Robert, his brother.
(c) Inglis, the ship owner.
(d) Roger, his father.

4. Grants that are given are revocable unless _____________ of the land was populated within three years with one person for every hundred acres.
(a) One-fourth.
(b) One-half.
(c) One-third.
(d) One-fifth.

5. What accounts for a major part of the migration to North America in the Register?
(a) The demand for labor before 1760.
(b) The lack of labor available after 1760.
(c) The lack of need for labor after 1760.
(d) The demand for labor after 1760.

Short Answer Questions

1. This colony and the adjacent islands totaled over how many square miles and had a population of less than 18,000 in early 1774?

2. Later investigations of West Florida would show what?

3. The number of emigrants was increased from 100 to a minimum of what?

4. In 1763, when almost all of the land east of the Mississippi River became the territory of what nation?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is a network formed between those in Great Britain and those in the American colonies?

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

3. What does the author say about the intelligence part of this network?

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

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

6. How are indentured servants often sold?

7. What does the Register reveal about Whitby?

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

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

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

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