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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. Concerning the marketplace, how did colonial American and British aristocracy differ?
(a) Americans are better in the marketplace.
(b) British are involved in the marketplace while Americans are not
(c) British are better in the marketplace.
(d) Americans are involved in the marketplace while British are not.

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

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

4. How did John Locke view a child's mind?
(a) As moldable as clay.
(b) As foolish until educated.
(c) As a blank slate.
(d) As useless and unformed.

5. When did the Seven Years War take place?
(a) 1750s.
(b) 1740s.
(c) 1760s.
(d) 1730s.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did John Adams consider to be the main mark of a gentleman?

3. How were domestic servants treated in colonial America as compared to Europe at that same time?

4. In colonial America, what was absent between centralized and local authorities?

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

(see the answer key)

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