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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Chapter 7 The Demand.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The average ages for immigrants to the colonies range from a low of ________________ to a high of 40.5 for Canada.
(a) 27.8 for New York.
(b) 15. 3 for Virginia.
(c) 18.7 for North Carolina.
(d) 20.5 for Massachusetts.

2. How is this concentration of ages markedly different from the overall percentage of British citizens and from the population of the American colonies?
(a) Over half of the free population was under the age of 10.
(b) Over half of the free population was under the age of 21.
(c) Over half of the free population was over the age of 40.
(d) Over half of the free population was over the age of 21.

3. What information is sometimes estimated by the customs officials?
(a) Race.
(b) Gender.
(c) Age.
(d) Trade.

4. When does Hillsborough take on the key post of secretary of state for the colonies?
(a) In 1748.
(b) In 1758.
(c) In 1738.
(d) In 1768.

5. Building in general accounts for much of the recruitment of artisans from where?
(a) France.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Abroad.
(d) Nova Scotia.

Short Answer Questions

1. The importation of workers from where had begun in 1714?

2. In New York and North Carolina, over eighty-five percent of migrants were Scots and were more likely to be __________.

3. What is the result of this collection?

4. The Earl of Hillsborough argues that the colonies are to benefit the kingdom through commerce and the production of goods. What does he think about settling the western lands, regarding this goal?

5. Eighteenth century America was _____________________________.

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