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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What most alarmed the American colonial gentry of the 1760s and 1770s?
(a) That common people disrespected the gentry.
(b) That their wealth was dependent on common people.
(c) That common people were striving to become gentry.
(d) That common people wanted to participate in government.

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

3. In colonial America, what was commonly manufactured in enormous quantities by the farming population?
(a) Farm equipment.
(b) Cloth.
(c) Rope.
(d) Preserves.

4. What was the main consideration for a colonial man to be considered a gentleman?
(a) He must be a member of a political party and the militia.
(b) He must be a married man with good standing in the community.
(c) He must be free from material and intellectual want.
(d) He must be a land owner and a church member.

5. How did non-English colonial Americans feel about the monarchy?
(a) They hoped it will continue.
(b) They had no attachment to it.
(c) They wished it were abolished.
(d) They had great respect for it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who called traditional ties of a monarchical society "bonds of blood, family, and personal influence"?

2. In the late 1760s, who dismissed people's right to participate in government if they didn't have a liberal arts education?

3. What percentage of 18th century colonial Americans were employed in farming?

4. What was Philadelphia's approximate population in 1760?

5. In the 1790s, who proclaimed that every man and woman in every society ought to work?

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