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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 did conservatives say caused the degeneration of standards that were tainting America?
(a) The Federalists.
(b) The French Revolution.
(c) Democracy.
(d) The Constitution.

2. How did Colonel Landon Carter express his confusion about child rearing in colonial society?
(a) In a book.
(b) In a diary.
(c) In a series of newspaper articles.
(d) In a series of lectures.

3. Who argued that Britain was an unnatural parent?
(a) Republicans.
(b) Whigs.
(c) Tories.
(d) Patriots.

4. What did John Adams consider to be the main mark of a gentleman?
(a) A liberal arts education.
(b) Virture and charitable causes.
(c) Dedication to public service.
(d) Wealth and ease of life.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did fathers among colonial gentry control their adult children?

2. Who believed progress and social harmony would result from the enlightened conclusion of the new American society?

3. Who was the speaker of the House of Burgess in 1766?

4. What sail maker spoke for all industrious working men in 1797?

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

(see the answer key)

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