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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the seventeenth century, who are the only people who would continue to use this service?
(a) Those who are desperate or naive.
(b) Those who are young.
(c) Those who do not speak English.
(d) Those who are new to the country.

2. All those who voyaged to the American colonies were what?
(a) Risk takers.
(b) Poor.
(c) Young.
(d) Crazy.

3. Later investigations of West Florida would show what?
(a) The dangerous swampland.
(b) The rich delta lands.
(c) The sandy and infertile beaches.
(d) The wooded forests.

4. The lawlessness and danger of the Highlands convinced Hogg to do what?
(a) Move to the Lowlands.
(b) Become a stronger person.
(c) Move to an urban area.
(d) Look for another place to live.

5. The managers often fleeced applicants and sometimes did what to poor women?
(a) Ignored them.
(b) Fired them.
(c) Trapped them in prostitution.
(d) Stole from them.

6. When Britain took over Nova Scotia, what did it do with the settlers there?
(a) They forced their culture on them.
(b) The imprisoned them.
(c) They deported the entire Acadian population to various points south.
(d) They taught them English.

7. What does Brown's advertisement state?
(a) The ship would sail from London to North Carolina on August 1, 1774 and would take anyone wishing to settle in this area.
(b) The ship would sail from Edinburgh to Georgia on August 1, 1774 and would take anyone wishing to settle in this area.
(c) The ship would sail from Whitby to Georgia on August 1, 1774 and would take anyone wishing to settle in this area.
(d) The ship would sail from Glassgow to North Carolina on August 1, 1774 and would take anyone wishing to settle in this area.

8. How are merchants able to barter with overseers?
(a) The merchants barter with trade goods.
(b) They are willing to give the overseers a great deal of money.
(c) The overseers will steal from the merchants.
(d) The overseers are eager to unload their charges.

9. Who are the first to inspect the province of West Florida?
(a) Military commanders.
(b) The French.
(c) British politicians.
(d) Land speculators.

10. What is one way that West Florida differs from East Florida?
(a) The colony is adjacent to France's territory of the trans-Mississippi west.
(b) The colony is adjacent to Spain's territory of the trans-Mississippi west.
(c) The colony is adjacent to Italy's territory of the trans-Mississippi west.
(d) The colony is adjacent to Portugal's territory of the trans-Mississippi west.

11. How many departures does the Register show for West Florida between 1773 and 1776?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

12. Who probably convinced James Hogg to lead and organize a group of emigrants?
(a) Robert, his brother.
(b) Inglis, the ship owner.
(c) Robert, his cousin.
(d) Roger, his father.

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

14. When is there a wild land boom in Nova Scotia?
(a) The mid-Fifties.
(b) The mid-Forties.
(c) The mid-Sixties.
(d) The mid-Thirties.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hogg decide about the prospective emigrants?

2. The population of this colony and surrounding islands, although small, is what?

3. How would the seller wait when the buyers surveyed the servants?

4. People came from all over the colonies to settle in West Florida, particularly from what region?

5. Brown, his son, Thomas, and James Gordon embarked on what?

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