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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5, Chapter 14 North Carolina: The Wreck of the Bachelor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does this proclamation aim to slow expansion?
(a) To give Great Britain more power.
(b) To prevent the colonies from becoming tired of British rule.
(c) To prevent border violence and gradually introduce civil government in these areas.
(d) To prevent the Americas from becoming too powerful.

2. What is John Tompkyns' job?
(a) He files all of the paperwork.
(b) He sends the reports to the various inspection sites.
(c) He organizes the paperwork.
(d) He inspects and corrects each incoming report and then copies the information onto large uniform sheets.

3. The beginning steps of opening the land to settlement are _________.
(a) Confident.
(b) Unsure.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Fearful.

4. Where does James Hogg try to settle 200 Scottish Highlanders?
(a) In the backcountry of New York.
(b) In the backcountry of South Carolina.
(c) In the backcountry of Virginia.
(d) In the backcountry of North Carolina.

5. What other location would sellers avoid?
(a) Places that are too far inland.
(b) Places that are too close to the water.
(c) Places that are difficult for buyers to get to.
(d) Places that make the servants uncomfortable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Efforts are being made to exploit and populate the coastal lands of what states?

2. What does John Powell, an undersecretary of state for the colonies, suggest?

3. What is the most common form of payment?

4. What does the Register also record?

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

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