1. Who identified the source of the revolution as the dissolution of family authority?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) John Locke.
(c) John Adams.
(d) Landon Carter.

2. In colonial America, what was absent between centralized and local authorities?
(a) Agreement.
(b) Harmony.
(c) Stability.
(d) Cooperation.

3. What year was the Continental Congress?
(a) 1775.
(b) 1774.
(c) 1773.
(d) 1772.

4. In colonial America, what were women considered from a legal standpoint?
(a) They were non-people.
(b) They were independent.
(c) They were dependent.
(d) They were possessions.

5. Who wrote "The Religion of Nature Delineated"?
(a) William Wollaston.
(b) Thomas Paine.
(c) Lord Chesterfield.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who said, "We see with other eyes; we hear with other ears"?

4. Who said America, "hath a blank sheet to write upon"?

5. Whose play "Cato" taught George Washington what it meant to be liberal and virtuous?

(see the answer key)

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