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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percentage of 18th century colonial Americans were employed in farming?
(a) 85%.
(b) 95%.
(c) 90%.
(d) 80%.

2. Who was the head of a colonial household?
(a) The matriarch.
(b) The parents.
(c) The patriarch.
(d) The oldest grandfather.

3. In colonial America, what was a self-made man called?
(a) An industrious Samuel.
(b) A poor Richard.
(c) A lucky Tom.
(d) A wealthy William.

4. 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.

5. Why was poverty considered a virtue for common colonial people?
(a) It kept them subjected.
(b) It kept them satisfied.
(c) It kept them submissive.
(d) It kept them industrious.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who vigorously denounced the Stamp Act riots in 1765?

3. At the middle of the 18th century, what did many revolutionary leaders feel the colonies still needed?

4. After retiring, what does Ben Franklin do that later embarrasses him?

5. In colonial America, who was rescued from poverty as a fourteen-year-old boy, only to become one of Virginia's most distinguished leaders?

(see the answer key)

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