Scotland and the 'First British Empire' Quiz

week 5

On which of these continents did the British Empire NOT experience significant growth up to c.1760?
A) North America
B) Asia
C) Australia

C) Australia

Success in which war facilitated huge colonial expansion in Canada from 1763 onward?
A) American Revolutionary War
B) Seven Years War
C) War of the Austrian Succession

B) Seven Years War

Which Scottish city became strongly associated with the tobacco industry during the 18th century?
A) Glasgow
B) Aberdeen
C) Dundee
D) Edinburgh

A) Glasgow

The corporation that drove forward British expansion in India throughout the 18th century was called the ___ India Company

East

In which region of India did Scots make up c.60% of new merchants registered in the 1760s and 1770s?
A) Punjab
B) Bengal
C) Madras

B) Bengal

Which historian influentially suggested that empire—alongside Protestantism, commerce, and Francophobia—was one of the key pillars for the formation of ‘British’ identity after 1707?
A) Christopher Whatley
B) Tom Devine
C) Linda Colley

B) Tom Devine

True or False: Pressures influencing migrants to want to leave their home country are generally known as ‘pull’ factors.

False

Which of the following was NOT one of the ‘big three’ major destination to which Scots migrated, c.1660-1760?
A) New Zealand
B) England
C) North America

A) New Zealand

In which decade did the province of Ulster receive its final big wave of Scottish migrants, in this case fleeing famine?
A) 1650s
B) 1690s
C) 1720s

B) 1690s

What was the name of the charitable organisation formally founded in 1665 and dedicated to providing financial assistance to Scots in London?
A) St Andrews Club
B) Scots Corporation
C) Highland Society of London

B) Scots Corporation

In which town was the earliest Scottish ethnic club in North America founded, in 1657?
A) New York
B) Charleston
C) Boston

C) Boston