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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 ship was John Paul Jones commissioned to command?

2. Who replaced Silas Deane in France, according to "Chapter Fourteen"?

3. Where did the convention to discuss the new constitution take place?

4. When did balloon mania hit France?

5. What did Benjamin Franklin say the middle class had few of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Franklin the only person to do?

2. What did Franklin take over, according to "Chapter Fourteen"?

3. What did Franklin forsake on March 20, 1778?

4. What happened on December 16, 1773?

5. What happened on August 18, 1775, according to "Chapter Twelve"?

6. What did Franklin begin writing when he stayed with the Shipley family in Twyford, in "Chapter Eleven"?

7. Where did Franklin travel in August 1771 and whom did he meet?

8. How did Franklin view chess?

9. What did Franklin inadvertently invent?

10. Who was Arthur Bancroft?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the significance of the Pennsylvania Militia in the life of the early colony, and examine why Franklin founded the Militia.

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