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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. Who is appointed in the south to create a map?

2. Is large-scale land speculation new in North America?

3. Not only was the demand for labor high in the colonies, but there was a potentially plentiful supply of labor where?

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

5. Who probably convinced James Hogg to lead and organize a group of emigrants?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the Register reveal about Whitby?

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 Nova Scotia in the period before the American Revolution?

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

6. Who first inspected the province? What did they see?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many immigrants see the colonies as a place of opportunity.

Part 1) How do they come to this view of the colonies?

Part 2) Is this an accurate view? Why or why not?

Part 3) How does this optimistic view of the colonies affect the beliefs of Americans and those who immigrate here today?

Essay Topic 2

Many people involved in the expansion of the colonies suffer hardships.

Part 1) What hardships do they suffer? Why do they suffer these hardships?

Part 2) Do they realize the risks they undertake? Why or why not?

Part 3) What type of person must one be to be settler? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Indentured servants are often bought and sold once they reach the colonies.

Part 1) Why did this purchase happen here? Why was it not done earlier?

Part 2) How might this have affected both the servants and the sellers? Why?

Part 3) Why would someone become an indentured servant? Would you become one?

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