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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What characteristic of their heritage did colonial Americans in New England cling to?
(a) Charity.
(b) Militance.
(c) Conscientious objection.
(d) Defiance.

2. Who said that the mind could be cultivated like a garden?
(a) Thomas Paine.
(b) John Adams.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Lord Chesterfield.

3. Who rejected "ancient prejudices" that supported hereditary monarchy?
(a) Jonathan Sewell.
(b) Ben Franklin.
(c) John Locke.
(d) Thomas Paine.

4. How did the grandest colonial American estates compare to traditional British estates?
(a) There were much larger.
(b) They were worth more.
(c) They were about the same size.
(d) They were much smaller.

5. Where was Ben Franklin quartered when he sailed to England in 1724?
(a) Steerage.
(b) With the crew.
(c) With the captain.
(d) First class.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose Massachusetts family had done missionary work among the Indians?

2. Who was governor of Massachusetts during the Boston Tea Party?

3. How did Colonel Landon Carter express his confusion about child rearing in colonial society?

4. What supported the colonial southern plantations that made networks of influence unnecessary?

5. Within the colonial family unit, what right did adult children demand?

(see the answer key)

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