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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Chapter 12 Failure in Xanadu.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1772, what does De Brahm present to the King?
(a) A present.
(b) A huge map.
(c) A special dinner.
(d) A large sum of money.

2. What has long existed in the silk industry?
(a) Many jobs.
(b) Happy employees.
(c) Labor unrest.
(d) The same weaving techniques.

3. What area proved to be most attractive to land speculators and investors?
(a) Alabama.
(b) West Florida.
(c) East Florida.
(d) Mississippi.

4. Maps were needed for the new territory. Who is appointed in the north?
(a) Seth Hammond.
(b) Samuel Holland.
(c) Gerry De Vane.
(d) Gerard De Brahm.

5. Most available for labor are who?
(a) Women.
(b) Condemned criminals.
(c) Indentured servants.
(d) Children.

Short Answer Questions

1. A much smaller percentage was going where?

2. Archibald Menzies decides that he had found the perfect race of people to populate Florida. What race is this?

3. By 1775, it is estimated that one in every ____________ of the people in this city was a servant.

4. Who had provided what little information was known about this area from experience in the battles with the Spanish?

5. Where is the silk industry developed in the late seventeenth century?

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