Scotland and the 'First British Empire'

Question 1

On which of these continents did the British Empire NOT experience significant growth up to c.1760?

Answer 1

Australia

Question 2

Success in which war facilitated huge colonial expansion in Canada from 1763 onward?

Answer 2

Seven Years Wars

Question 3

Which Scottish city became strongly associated with the tobacco industry during the 18th century?

Answer 3

Glasgow

Question 4

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

Answer 4

East

Question 5

In which region of India did Scots make up c.60% of new merchants registered in the 1760s and 1770s?

Answer 5

Bengal

Question 6

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?

Answer 6

Linda Colley

Question 7

TRUE/FALSE: Pressures influencing migrants to want to leave their home country are generally known as ‘pull’ factors

Answer 7

False

Question 8

Which of the following was NOT one of the ‘big three’ major destination to which Scots migrated, c.1660- c.1760?

Answer 8

New Zealand

Question 9

In which decade did the province of Ulster receive its final big wave of Scottish migrants, in this case fleeing famine?

Answer 9

1690s

Question 10

What was the name of the charitable organisation formally founded in 1665 and dedicated to providing financial assistance to Scots in London?

Answer 10

Scots Corporation

Question 11

In which town was the earliest Scottish ethnic club in North America founded, 1657?

Answer 11

Boston