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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 was high office in colonial America considered?
(a) As a right and responsibility.
(b) As a sacrifice and burden.
(c) As an honor and privilege.
(d) As a profession and profit.

2. When first offered, why did Ben Franklin say he would not accept the military rank of colonel?
(a) He wasn't a gentleman.
(b) He didn't have enough money.
(c) He felt he should be a general.
(d) He didn't believe in the military.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who said that after the revolution people were changed form subjects to citizens?

(see the answer key)

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