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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. In the late 1760s, who dismissed people's right to participate in government if they didn't have a liberal arts education?
(a) Matthew Lyon.
(b) Abraham Bishop.
(c) William Drayton.
(d) George Warner.

2. When was the Virgina constitution written?
(a) 1776.
(b) 1774.
(c) 1778.
(d) 1775.

3. From which business did Ben Franklin eventually retire?
(a) Banking.
(b) Printing.
(c) Store owner.
(d) Bookbinding.

4. In colonial America, what emerged after politics cease to be a contest among prominent families?
(a) Political parties.
(b) Fair laws.
(c) Money for good causes.
(d) Honest officials.

5. What percent of colonial Americans were loyalists?
(a) 5%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 15%.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Boston merchants were named in the Massachusetts Banishment Act of 1778?

2. What was it called when Ben Franklin appointed his friends and family to official positions after he became Deputy Postmaster General of North America?

3. How was high office in colonial America considered?

4. In the 1790s, who labeled gentry as men of idleness, extravagance, and dissipation?

5. Who strove to undermine the gentry's distinctiveness and privileges by emphasizing their similarity to common people?

(see the answer key)

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