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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. Who is appointed in the south to create a map?
(a) Gerry De Vane.
(b) Gerard De Brahm.
(c) Seth Hammond.
(d) Samuel Holland.

2. What do these unscrupulous recruiters do to impoverished victims?
(a) They induce them to pile up debts for housing.
(b) They induce them to lessen their debt by selling their valuables.
(c) They induce them to end debt by working hard.
(d) They induce them to pile up debts for food, clothing, and drink.

3. To find the types of workers that were needed, merchants and their agents relied on public notifications. What are important focuses of these notifications?
(a) Opera houses.
(b) Public houses.
(c) Brothels.
(d) Theatrical houses.

4. During the years in question, how many huge areas of land were claimed by the colony of New York and were opened to settlement?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Ten.
(d) Two.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long had the connection between the Highlands and North Carolina been in place?

3. While Inglis was preparing the vessel and ordering supplies, Hogg was busy doing what?

4. Not only was the demand for labor high in the colonies, but there was a potentially plentiful supply of labor where?

5. Why is this a positive aspect about West Florida?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the Register record about the major part of migration and and the migration of families?

3. Who first inspected the province? What did they see?

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

5. Describe the connection between the HIghlands and North Carolina.

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

7. What takes place in the early 1760s?

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

9. Who is James Hogg? What does he try to do? Does he succeed?

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

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