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

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

Gordon S. Wood
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Ben Franklin was a boy, what important man discussed books with him?
(a) William Burnet.
(b) James Logan.
(c) Andrew Hamilton.
(d) William Allen.

2. Who in colonial America had the best opportunity to become wealthy?
(a) Those engaged in colonial politics.
(b) Those engaged in supplying goods to the colonists.
(c) Those engaged in overseas commerce.
(d) Those engaged in selling arms in the war.

3. What was the colonial role in the renewed Anglo-French warfare in the 1750s?
(a) They supplied no manpower or resources to any country.
(b) They had no manpower or resources to supply to any country.
(c) They supplied manpower and resources to France.
(d) They supplied manpower and resources to England.

4. What was the highest class of British society called?
(a) Aristocracy.
(b) Hierarchy.
(c) Monarchy.
(d) Egalitarianism.

5. How did Colonel Landon Carter express his confusion about child rearing in colonial society?
(a) In a series of newspaper articles.
(b) In a diary.
(c) In a book.
(d) In a series of lectures.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much land did the British victory over France in 1759-1763 open for speculation or settlement?

2. In the 18th century, what did the golden age of Roman literature speak about?

3. How did the grandest colonial American estates compare to traditional British estates?

4. Who rejected "ancient prejudices" that supported hereditary monarchy?

5. What spending trend in colonial America did social conservatives condemn?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did colonial imports of British goods change the twenty-five years before the Revolution?

2. How did Bernard Mandeville and David Hume feel about the common people buying luxuries?

3. What was the relationship of farmers and merchants in colonial America?

4. What were the distinctions between colonial American aristocracy and British aristocracy?

5. What was characteristic of economic exchanges in colonial America?

6. How was family defined in colonial America?

7. What did the British conquest of the French in 1759 and the subsequent peace in 1763 do to colonial expansion?

8. Why was the family household in colonial America the place where most work was done?

9. How was mid-18th century colonial America a traditional society?

10. Why was traditional hierarchical authority brought to question throughout the 18th century?

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