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

2. Who became the richest man in Gloucester, R.I., just a few years before the revolution?
(a) Moses Cooper.
(b) Thomas Hutchinson.
(c) Josiah Quincy.
(d) David Ramsey.

3. Historically, what kinds of men are guilty for all wars and tyrannies?
(a) Educated men.
(b) Egotistical men.
(c) Extraordinary men.
(d) Politically powerful men.

4. What was it called when Ben Franklin appointed his friends and family to official positions after he became Deputy Postmaster General of North America?
(a) Paucity.
(b) Prerogativism.
(c) Patronage.
(d) Consequentialism.

5. How many Boston merchants were named in the Massachusetts Banishment Act of 1778?
(a) 46.
(b) 44.
(c) 45.
(d) 47.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the book "The Patriots"?

2. Who rejected "ancient prejudices" that supported hereditary monarchy?

3. What did conservatives say caused the degeneration of standards that were tainting America?

4. What contributed to America's economic troubles in the 1780s?

5. What did classical republican ideals lay the foundation for?

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