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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Over ___________ of the migrants went to mainland colonies.

2. What does the Earl of Hillsborough grasp?

3. What types of groups of emigrants leave steadily over the months for North America?

4. By 1765, it was evident that one result of the employment problems in the silk industry would be what?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is commonly believed by 1773?

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

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

4. What is wrong with this survey?

5. What is Bailyn's first impression of British life in the years leading up to the American Revolution?

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

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

8. How is the unending demand for labor satisfied?

9. From where do people emigrate in the pre-Revolutionary years? To where do they immigrate?

10. How do British officials initially feel about settlement of western lands in America or to emigration from Britain?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Florida and other southern states are part of East and West Florida.

Part 1) What information does the author give about East and West Florida?

Part 2) What is significant about this information? How does the settlement of one affect the settlement of the other?

Part 3) Why is one region better than the other? Why is it easier to settle?

Part 4) What is learned about the importance of experience and working with others in this section about East and West Florida?

Essay Topic 2

Patterns can be seen in the immigration to the colonies.

Part 1) What patterns can be seen?

Part 2) Why is the study of these patterns important? For what is it useful?

Part 3) How do these patterns affect us today?

Essay Topic 3

Several possible solutions are considered for the emigration problem.

Part 1) What are these solutions? What are the pros and cons of each?

Part 2) Which solution is chosen? How successful is it?

Part 3) How does this solution affect Great Britain, the United States and Canada today?

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