The Radicalism of the American Revolution Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Gordon S. Wood
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The Radicalism of the American Revolution Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Gordon S. Wood
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was an important patron of Ben Franklin?
(a) Thomas Penn.
(b) William Keith.
(c) William Gouch.
(d) David Hume.

2. How were superiors, magistrates, and masters to be honored?
(a) As fathers.
(b) As parents.
(c) As equals.
(d) As mothers.

3. During the war against France, what did farmers buy after they sold their surplus to the British troops?
(a) Necessities.
(b) More land.
(c) Luxury goods.
(d) Needed equipment.

4. When did the Seven Years War take place?
(a) 1730s.
(b) 1740s.
(c) 1750s.
(d) 1760s.

5. What kind of colonial churches dominated the first third of the 18th century?
(a) Denominationally supported churches.
(b) Independent congregation supported churches.
(c) Organizational and society supported churches.
(d) Centralized state supported churches.

6. What kinds of laws were proposed in colonial America to curb spending?
(a) Pecuniary laws.
(b) Sumptuary laws.
(c) Speculative laws.
(d) Monetary laws.

7. How did John Locke view a child's mind?
(a) As a blank slate.
(b) As useless and unformed.
(c) As moldable as clay.
(d) As foolish until educated.

8. What is one way republicans are different from monarchists?
(a) Less subject to corruption.
(b) More subject to corruption.
(c) Less subject to revolution.
(d) More subject to revolution.

9. What was another name for colonial commoners?
(a) Egalitarians.
(b) Patricians.
(c) Serfs.
(d) Plebians.

10. What was critical to the success of colonial American office holders?
(a) Personal accountability.
(b) Freedom from debt.
(c) Social respectability.
(d) Stable family life.

11. What religious belief did Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin hold?
(a) Deist.
(b) Anglican.
(c) Puritan.
(d) Christian.

12. Who bought the small planters tobacco crops rather than taking them on consignment?
(a) British merchant houses.
(b) Welsh merchant houses.
(c) Scottish merchant houses.
(d) Irish merchant houses.

13. How did the grandest colonial American estates compare to traditional British estates?
(a) They were much smaller.
(b) They were about the same size.
(c) There were much larger.
(d) They were worth more.

14. What was the primary nationality of the American colonists?
(a) Europeans.
(b) Scottish.
(c) Irish.
(d) English.

15. What were the religious upheavals in the colonies eventually called?
(a) Religious Revolution.
(b) Great Awakening.
(c) Puritan Petitions.
(d) Church's Decision.

Short Answer Questions

1. When meeting someone new in colonial America, what was required for confidence in dealing with that person?

2. When Ben Franklin was a boy, what important man discussed books with him?

3. What was the colonial role in the renewed Anglo-French warfare in the 1750s?

4. Concerning the marketplace, how did colonial American and British aristocracy differ?

5. In colonial America, who were the protectors and creditors of common farmers?

(see the answer keys)

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