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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 4 Magnitudes, Locations, and Flow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bailyn compares the Register's totals to notices of ships' arrivals in North America and finds what?
(a) The Register's totals account for probably around one-fifth of the total number of British emigrants.
(b) The Register's totals account for probably around three-fifths of the total number of British emigrants.
(c) The Register's totals account for probably around four-fifths of the total number of British emigrants.
(d) The Register's totals account for probably around two-fifths of the total number of British emigrants.

2. During this time, there was also an array of lobbyists working for land speculators and western trading interests, led by whom?
(a) Benjamin Franklin.
(b) Benjamin Moore.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

3. At this time, most individuals concerned with emigration focused on what?
(a) A sense of fear felt by those who stay in Great Britain.
(b) Personal losses.
(c) Demographic and economic losses.
(d) A loss in a sense of nationalism.

4. What closes the trans-Appalachian west, except to licensed traders, and created the colonies of Quebec, East and West Florida?
(a) The Proclamation of the 1773.
(b) The Proclamation of the Americas.
(c) The Proclamation of the Colonies.
(d) The Proclamation of 1763.

5. After registering, were vessels free to pick up passengers without registering them?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) Maybe.
(d) Only ten passengers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1753, into what debate does the Earl of Hillsborough enter?

2. In the pre-Revolutionary years, many people emigrated from where?

3. The overwhelming majority of the individuals emigrating gave their destinations as mainland North American colonies south of where?

4. A much smaller percentage was going where?

5. The reports from the customs officials show 9,868 individuals leaving for North America from December, 1773 to March, 1776. Why must this number must be adjusted?

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