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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. From which business did Ben Franklin eventually retire?
(a) Store owner.
(b) Printing.
(c) Bookbinding.
(d) Banking.

2. In colonial America, what emerged after politics cease to be a contest among prominent families?
(a) Political parties.
(b) Honest officials.
(c) Money for good causes.
(d) Fair laws.

3. Who said he didn't know how to keep America from "sliding down into the mire of democracy"?
(a) James Kent.
(b) George Cabot.
(c) Fisher Ames.
(d) Oliver Wolcott.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the head of a colonial household?

2. What percent of colonial Americans were loyalists?

3. What did the colonial American courts treat more seriously than violent acts?

4. Towards the middle of the 18th century, how fast was the American population growing?

5. During the war against France, what did farmers buy after they sold their surplus to the British troops?

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