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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the revolutionaries mean when they said they supported equality?

2. Which President said, "Parties would always exist"?

3. What was democracy considered in the 18th century?

4. Who headed the revolutionary committee in Savannah, Georgia when the Revolution began?

5. What was the main source of instability and anxiety in revolutionary America?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the opinion of a traditional gentleman's assumption of leisure change towards the end of the 18th century?

2. What did the American westward movement of the early 19th century do to traditional forms of social organization?

3. What influence did George Washington exert at the Philadelphia Convention of 1787?

4. After the signing of the Declaration of Independence, why did the revolutionary leaders almost immediately begin to doubt that their hope of a utopian America would be realized?

5. In colonial America, how did the meaning of the word civility change in the last half of the 18th century?

6. What was the Constitution of 1787 suppose to mitigate?

7. According to John Toland, what is the difference between a man who is free and one who is dependent?

8. Why were the American gentry alarmed at the desire of the common people to share in the conduct of the government?

9. Why have historians criticized John Hancock?

10. By the end of the 18th century, what was the source of the American aristocracy's downfall?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The monarchy's social cement of family, force, patronage, and dependence had made it powerful. After the revolution, what new social adhesive in colonial America replaced the monarchy? How was this replacement accomplished?

Essay Topic 2

Explain how family networks in the colonies were used in politics. Cite the details of one specific family from the book and give descriptions of the network that generally apply.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the life and leisure of the aristocracy to the life and labor of the common people in colonial America before the revolution.

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