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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) It is a simple solution to achieve this goal.
(b) It makes no sense.
(c) It will be difficult to do.
(d) It makes a lot of sense.

2. The emigrants listed in the Register sailed to America in how many different vessels?
(a) 302.
(b) 202.
(c) 402.
(d) 102.

3. 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 three-fifths of the total number of British emigrants.
(b) The Register's totals account for probably around two-fifths of the total number of British emigrants.
(c) The Register's totals account for probably around one-fifth of the total number of British emigrants.
(d) The Register's totals account for probably around four-fifths of the total number of British emigrants.

4. Over ___________ of the migrants went to mainland colonies.
(a) Fifty percent.
(b) Ten percent.
(c) Twenty-five percent.
(d) Eighty percent.

5. This raw data that is collected by English and Scottish port officials is sent where?
(a) To one customs board in Edinburgh.
(b) To two customs boards in London and Edinburgh.
(c) To three customs boards in London, Edinburgh, and Dublin.
(d) To one customs board in London.

Short Answer Questions

1. Families migrating together tended to go to New York, North Carolina, and _________.

2. At this time, most individuals concerned with emigration focused on what?

3. How is this concentration of ages markedly different from the overall percentage of British citizens and from the population of the American colonies?

4. What other jobs had also become unstable?

5. Was it new that North America had been seen as a place of refuge?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bailyn say about the vessels traveling to America?

2. Describe the spreading of the population in the American colonies before the Revolutionary War. What is the significance of this?

3. What is wrong with this survey?

4. What is eighteenth century America like?

5. After skilled artisans such as those trained in construction, what group do the colonists seek?

6. Who were the people most available for labor?

7. Who is John Powell? What does he suggest?

8. What is done with the raw data from this collection?

9. What does the author say about how the immigrants arrived in the Americas?

10. What does Bailyn say about the force of attraction to North America?

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