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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. Who did Benjamin Franklin court before going to London?

2. How many prints were made of Benjamin Franklin's Dissertation?

3. Who did Benjamin Franklin hope his son would marry?

4. Who took over Benjamin Franklin's duty as clerk for the assembly?

5. What caused the colonies to think as a unit instead of separate states?

Short Essay Questions

1. What troubled Franklin about William?

2. Who was William Kieth, according to "Chapter Three"?

3. How long did Franklin think he would work in London, in "Chapter Eight"?

4. What was Franklin's view of the role of women?

5. What did Franklin do in an effort to sink Keimer, in "Chapter Four"?

6. Who was George Whitefield, and what did Franklin admire about him?

7. What was lightning considered prior to Franklin's work?

8. How did Franklin typify the American ideal, according to "Chapter One"?

9. What caused some historians to think Franklin's experiment was faked?

10. What did Franklin open, in "Chapter Seven"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of the Second Continental Congress and its impact on early American government.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the significance of the Battle of Saratoga and examine how it changed the relationship between the colonies and other countries.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the relationship between Britain and the colonies in the 1700s.

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