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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. Where is a new British naval base and provincial capital built?

2. What is happening by 1770?

3. During the seventeenth century, who are the only people who would continue to use this service?

4. How would the seller wait when the buyers surveyed the servants?

5. What does Hogg decide about the prospective emigrants?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are servants paid?

2. What takes place in the early 1760s?

3. What does the author say about the intelligence part of this network?

4. Who is one of the first larger groups to migrate to West Florida? Describe their arrival.

5. How else do merchants recruit workers?

6. What does the Register record about the major part of migration and and the migration of families?

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

8. What is extraordinary about the cases that have been examined?

9. Why is a network formed between those in Great Britain and those in the American colonies?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Many changes occur prior to the Revolution in the American colonies.

Part 1) What are two of these changes? Why do they take place?

Part 2) What is significant about these changes?

Part 3) How are these changes reflected in our world today?

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