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

2. From where is James Hogg?

3. Where are the servants and convicts brought to be inspected by potential buyers?

4. All those who voyaged to the American colonies were what?

5. To find the types of workers that were needed, merchants and their agents relied on public notifications. What are important focuses of these notifications?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is James Hogg? What does he try to do? Does he succeed?

2. What takes place in the early 1760s?

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

4. What is known about those who voyaged to the American colonies?

5. What is unique about James Hogg's departure for North Carolina?

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

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

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

9. What is Jonas Brown's plan?

10. How are servants paid?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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