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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the months that followed, how many emigrants do customs officials interview?

2. What does Bailyn say about the force of attraction to North America?

3. More than half of the migrants to Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia are ____________.

4. Do British officials pay much attention at first to the settlement of western lands in America or to emigration from Britain to the colonies?

5. A much smaller percentage was going where?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why must the official totals be adjusted upward?

2. What does the author say about the silk industry?

3. What is eighteenth century America like?

4. What is done with the raw data from this collection?

5. What happens after 1760 and the end of the war in North America?

6. What does Bailyn say about where the emigrants migrated the most?

7. Who is the Earl of Hillsborough?

8. What does the author discover about the gender of the emigrants?

9. How are the provinces different from the urban areas?

10. Who were the people most available for labor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

London becomes a magnet for those seeking work and those seeking workers.

Part 1) London became a magnet fro those seeking work and those seeking workers?

Part 2) What connection does this supply and demand create between London and the colonies?

Part 3) How does this urban metropolis affect those in the Americas?

Essay Topic 2

Many immigrants see the colonies as a place of opportunity.

Part 1) How do they come to this view of the colonies?

Part 2) Is this an accurate view? Why or why not?

Part 3) How does this optimistic view of the colonies affect the beliefs of Americans and those who immigrate here today?

Essay Topic 3

The situation in New York is similar in many ways to the events in other colonies.

Part 1) Describe the situation in New York. How is it like the situations in other colonies?

Part 2) Why do these similarities between the colonies exist?

Part 3) What is the purpose of this chapter? What is the significance of ending the book with this chapter?

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