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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 1790s, who labeled gentry as men of idleness, extravagance, and dissipation?
(a) William Drayton.
(b) Matthew Lyon.
(c) Abraham Bishop
(d) George Warner.

2. Who was the speaker of the House of Burgess in 1766?
(a) John Robinson.
(b) John Criswell.
(c) Algernon Sidney.
(d) Richard Henry Lee.

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

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

5. By 1800, what percent of the Philadelphia labor force were indentured servants?
(a) 2%.
(b) 4%.
(c) 3%.
(d) 1%.

Short Answer Questions

1. From which business did Ben Franklin eventually retire?

2. How was high office in colonial America considered?

3. Who said, "Idolatry to Monarchs and servility of Aristocratic Pride was never so totally eradicated from so many in so short a time"?

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

5. What percent of colonial Americans were loyalists?

(see the answer key)

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