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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many loyalists left the colonies during the revolution?
(a) 80,000.
(b) 70,000.
(c) 90,000.
(d) 60,000.

2. Who said, "Idolatry to Monarchs and servility of Aristocratic Pride was never so totally eradicated from so many in so short a time"?
(a) John Adams.
(b) Moses Cooper.
(c) David Ramsey.
(d) William Henry Drayton.

3. Who strove to undermine the gentry's distinctiveness and privileges by emphasizing their similarity to common people?
(a) Matthew Lyon.
(b) George Warner.
(c) Abraham Bishop.
(d) William Drayton.

4. What was the main source of instability and anxiety in revolutionary America?
(a) Ostentatious aristocracy.
(b) Religious dissent.
(c) Conspicuous consumption.
(d) Pervasive equality.

5. In colonial America, what was done with a political effigy?
(a) It was hanged.
(b) It was pubically beaten.
(c) It was buried.
(d) It was burned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sail maker spoke for all industrious working men in 1797?

2. Before the revolution, what was labor associated with?

3. How was high office in colonial America considered?

4. What was critical to the success of colonial American office holders?

5. When first offered, why did Ben Franklin say he would not accept the military rank of colonel?

(see the answer key)

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