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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. Where is a new British naval base and provincial capital built?
(a) At Halifax.
(b) At Boston.
(c) At Quebec.
(d) At Vermont.

2. What is the most common form of payment?
(a) Checks.
(b) Bills of exchange.
(c) Trade in goods.
(d) Cash.

3. Detailed records connected to the Register are __________.
(a) Plentiful.
(b) Rare.
(c) In abundance.
(d) Somewhat unusual.

4. How else are notices circulated?
(a) Via magazines.
(b) Via newspapers and circulating handbills.
(c) Via billboards.
(d) Via posters.

5. Who are the first to inspect the province of West Florida?
(a) British politicians.
(b) Military commanders.
(c) The French.
(d) Land speculators.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why might land speculators not be interested in this land?

2. What made this form of payment difficult?

3. Where does James Hogg try to settle 200 Scottish Highlanders?

4. What location would sellers avoid for holding sales?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is unique about James Hogg's departure for North Carolina?

2. What takes place in the early 1760s?

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

4. How else do merchants recruit workers?

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

6. How are servants paid?

7. How were these new lands divided?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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