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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. This colony and the adjacent islands totaled over how many square miles and had a population of less than 18,000 in early 1774?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 22,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 1,000.

2. The lawlessness and danger of the Highlands convinced Hogg to do what?
(a) Look for another place to live.
(b) Become a stronger person.
(c) Move to the Lowlands.
(d) Move to an urban area.

3. For what are buyers looking?
(a) The healthiest and hardest working servants.
(b) The healthiest, most skilled at the lowest price for the longest commitment time.
(c) The youngest and most attractive servants.
(d) The servants with the most experience.

4. How does communication between inland North Carolina and the Scottish Highlands remain strong?
(a) Letters pass between family members on both sides of the ocean.
(b) A great deal of travel takes place between both locations.
(c) Strong leaders exist in both regions.
(d) There is a constant flow of emigrants from Scottland.

5. Later investigations of West Florida would show what?
(a) The wooded forests.
(b) The sandy and infertile beaches.
(c) The dangerous swampland.
(d) The rich delta lands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are unscrupulous recruiters called?

2. When do the first of these offices appear?

3. What does the Register bring into focus?

4. Who probably convinced James Hogg to lead and organize a group of emigrants?

5. When Britain took over Nova Scotia, what did it do with the settlers there?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Britain takes over Nova Scotia? What is the reason for this?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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