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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 New York and North Carolina, over eighty-five percent of migrants were Scots and were more likely to be __________.

2. The information sent to where is sent directly to the Treasury in London without any editing or summarization?

3. The English migrants most often went to Pennsylvania, Maryland and ________.

4. The Earl of Hillsborough argues that the colonies are to benefit the kingdom through commerce and the production of goods. What does he think about settling the western lands, regarding this goal?

5. Bailyn compares the Register's totals to notices of ships' arrivals in North America and finds what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the age range for emigrants? What is important about this?

2. Why must the official totals be adjusted upward?

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

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

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

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

7. Who is the Earl of Hillsborough?

8. What does Bailyn say about the vessels traveling to America?

9. What is known about correlation between age and where the emigrants migrated?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

An overwhelming number of Scottish immigrants ended up in specific colonies.

Part 1) How has this happened? How does this parallel the settling of other colonies?

Part 2) How is this settling reflected in various cultural societies' settlements today?

Part 3) How have these Scottish people helped to create the culture in these areas today?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Other areas of the British Isles do not see a mass exodus.

Part 1) Why do they not see a mass exodus?

Part 2) How are they still affected by mass exoduses elsewhere?

Part 3) Is there still a connection between these locations and the areas where many people are leaving? If so, what is this connection? If not, why is there no connection?

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