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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. This colony and the adjacent islands totaled over how many square miles and had a population of less than 18,000 in early 1774?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 22,000.

2. What location would sellers avoid for holding sales?
(a) Places that are too open to the elements.
(b) Places where other ships had recently arrived.
(c) Places that cost a price.
(d) Places that are too windy.

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

4. Who is appointed in the south to create a map?
(a) Gerard De Brahm.
(b) Gerry De Vane.
(c) Seth Hammond.
(d) Samuel Holland.

5. How might garrisons and roads be created?
(a) The French government is more likely to invest in these building projects.
(b) The Spanish government is more likely to invest in these building projects.
(c) The Portuguese government is more likely to invest in these building projects.
(d) The Italian government is more likely to invest in these building projects.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is this a positive aspect about West Florida?

2. At almost any time during the spring and fall months, what happens to indentured servants' labor?

3. Why might land speculators not be interested in this land?

4. What do these unscrupulous recruiters do to impoverished victims?

5. What is the most common form of payment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the location of a servant sale important to buyers?

2. Who first inspected the province? What did they see?

3. How are indentured servants often sold?

4. What takes place in the early 1760s?

5. What is Jonas Brown's plan?

6. How else do merchants recruit workers?

7. Why is a network formed between those in Great Britain and those in the American colonies?

8. How are servants paid?

9. What takes place to provide maps of the region?

10. What happens when Britain takes over Nova Scotia? What is the reason for this?

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