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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 does James Hogg try to settle 200 Scottish Highlanders?

2. What does the Register bring into focus?

3. In the period before the American Revolution, what is the northeastern most point in the arc of borderlands in the outer boundaries of British communities in North America?

4. Later investigations of West Florida would show what?

5. How are merchants able to barter with overseers?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is one way that West Florida differs from East Florida? Is this good? Why or why not?

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

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

5. How are indentured servants often sold?

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

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

8. When did the first settler begin arriving in the new British territory? What information does the author give about this?

9. How are servants paid?

10. What does the author say about Nova Scotia in the period before the American Revolution?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

London becomes a magnet for those seeking work and those seeking workers.

Part 1) London became a magnet fro those seeking work and those seeking workers?

Part 2) What connection does this supply and demand create between London and the colonies?

Part 3) How does this urban metropolis affect those in the Americas?

Essay Topic 2

The British see emigration as a problem.

Part 1) What is emigration? How is it a problem for the British?

Part 2) What does this problem reveal about the British?

Part 3) Is emigration still a problem for some countries? Why or why not?

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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