4. At a minimum, how many immigrants arrived in New York from Britain in the two years before the war and it is likely that another 1,300 also arrived?

5. After ten years, what would happen to any land not populated?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is the location of a servant sale important to sellers?

3. Describe the connection between the HIghlands and North Carolina.

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

5. What does the Register reveal about Whitby?

6. How else do merchants recruit workers?

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

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

9. What happens when Britain takes over Nova Scotia? What is the reason for this?

10. What efforts have been made to exploit and populate the coastal lands of Florida and the gulf and river shores of Mississippi and Alabama?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Bailyn discusses Nova Scotia.

Part 1) What does he say about Nova Scotia? Why does she discuss Nova Scotia?

Part 2) How does Nova Scotia compare to other colonies?

Part 3) What is significant about the information Bailyn provides about Nova Scotia? How is Nova Scotia today affected by emigration over 200 years ago?