Question 1
After the Glorious Revolution
A) the number of English migrants increased.
B) the number of Scots and Irish migrants decreased.
C) the number of English migrants decreased.
D) the English crown encouraged the migration of English-born workers to the colonies in order to create a productive economy in the colonies.
E) None of these are correct.
Question 2
Slave women who arrived in North America through 1750
A) constituted eighty percent of all women who sailed to North America before 1800.
B) performed much of the domestic work in the colonies.
C) led to the natural increase in the slave population in North America.
D) were more likely to survive because the work regimes on the mainland were not as brutal as those in the Caribbean.
E) All of these are correct.
Question 3
Which of the following factors contributed to the rise in population in North America during the first half of the eighteenth century?
A) the migration of slaves into the colonies
B) rising birthrate in the colonies
C) migrants coming to North America to escape impoverished homelands
D) convicted felons from England coming as forced laborers
E) All of these are correct.
Question 4
Slave rebellions were far more common in British North America than in the Caribbean.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false