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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 colonial America, why did officer holders receive honors and titles?
(a) To solicit money for polictical causes.
(b) To inspire respect and obedience from the common people.
(c) To impress and show up their peers.
(d) To give honor where honor is due.

2. Who said that after the revolution people were changed form subjects to citizens?
(a) David Ramsey.
(b) William Henry Drayton.
(c) Moses Cooper.
(d) John Adams.

3. How many Boston merchants were named in the Massachusetts Banishment Act of 1778?
(a) 45.
(b) 44.
(c) 47.
(d) 46.

4. In the 1790s, who proclaimed that every man and woman in every society ought to work?
(a) Benjamin Rush.
(b) Edward Everett.
(c) John Adams.
(d) Parson Weems.

5. What was critical to the success of colonial American office holders?
(a) Stable family life.
(b) Social respectability.
(c) Freedom from debt.
(d) Personal accountability.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the most popular and powerful man in Massachusetts during the last quarter of the 18th century?

2. In colonial America, what was done with a political effigy?

3. From which business did Ben Franklin eventually retire?

4. Who said that the secret of America's prosperity was the celebration of work?

5. When was the Virgina constitution written?

(see the answer key)

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