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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. What is John Tompkyns' job?

2. Most available for labor are who?

3. Was it new that North America had been seen as a place of refuge?

4. What types of groups of emigrants leave steadily over the months for North America?

5. In the pre-Revolutionary days, what is the largest urban center in the western world?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is commonly believed by 1773?

3. What does the author say about the iron industry?

4. Describe the spreading of the population in the American colonies before the Revolutionary War. What is the significance of this?

5. What are the differences between Hillsborough and lobbyists such as Benjamin Franklin?

6. From where do people emigrate in the pre-Revolutionary years? To where do they immigrate?

7. After skilled artisans such as those trained in construction, what group do the colonists seek?

8. How is the unending demand for labor satisfied?

9. How do most of the emigrants travel? Why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Workers face hardships during the emigration process.

Part 1) What hardships did they face? Why?

Part 2) How were they affected by the hardships? Does this affect the number of people emigrating? Why or why not?

Part 3) Why might someone continue through this tough emigration process? Why kept them from giving up? What does this say about those who immigrated to the Americas?

Essay Topic 2

Some grantees have problems when the American Revolution begins.

Part 1) What is a grantee? Why would the American Revolution cause problems?

Part 2) How were the other settlers affected by the American Revolution?

Part 3) Does the information in this book give any insight into causes and consequences of the American Revolution? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Demand for labor is high in the colonies.

Part 1) Why was it high? How did this affect Great Britain?

Part 2) How is this related to Great Britain fear of expansion in the colonies?

Part 3) How does this need affect both those in Great Britain and in the United States? How does it affect the way in which the colonies are settled? How does this compare to supply and demand today?

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