2. How is this concentration of ages markedly different from the overall percentage of British citizens and from the population of the American colonies?

3. English women emigrants were almost always engaged in what sort of work?

4. Migrants to Nova Scotia tended to be similar to those going to New York and North Carolina while those migrating to the West Indies tended to be similar to those migrating to which colonies?

5. Into where does the population of the colonies spread?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who were the people most available for labor?

4. What does the author say about how the immigrants arrived in the Americas?

5. Why must the official totals be adjusted upward?

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

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

8. What is Bailyn's first impression of British life in the years leading up to the American Revolution?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several possible solutions are considered for the emigration problem.

Part 1) What are these solutions? What are the pros and cons of each?

Part 2) Which solution is chosen? How successful is it?

Part 3) How does this solution affect Great Britain, the United States and Canada today?

Essay Topic 2

A large number of the immigrants is young and male.

Part 1) How is this proven? Why are so many young and male?

Part 2) How might this have affected the development of the colonies?

Part 3) How have these young men helped make our country what it is today?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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