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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the primary nationality of the American colonists?
(a) Irish.
(b) Scottish.
(c) Europeans.
(d) English.

2. Who in colonial America had the best opportunity to become wealthy?
(a) Those engaged in colonial politics.
(b) Those engaged in selling arms in the war.
(c) Those engaged in overseas commerce.
(d) Those engaged in supplying goods to the colonists.

3. What was another name for colonial commoners?
(a) Egalitarians.
(b) Serfs.
(c) Plebians.
(d) Patricians.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the status of an indentured servant in colonial America?

2. What was the colonial role in the renewed Anglo-French warfare in the 1750s?

3. How were domestic servants treated in colonial America as compared to Europe at that same time?

4. What was the most radical change brought about by the Revolution?

5. What percentage of southern colonists were aristocrats?

(see the answer key)

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