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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 relationship did the British farmer have with the land he worked?
(a) He was a tenant.
(b) He borrowed it.
(c) He was the owner.
(d) He lent it.

2. Why was poverty considered a virtue for common colonial people?
(a) It kept them submissive.
(b) It kept them satisfied.
(c) It kept them subjected.
(d) It kept them industrious.

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

4. In colonial America, what were the aristocracy allowed to engage in that they weren't allowed in Britain?
(a) Retail trade.
(b) Use of oaths.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Farming.

5. How were superiors, magistrates, and masters to be honored?
(a) As fathers.
(b) As mothers.
(c) As parents.
(d) As equals.

Short Answer Questions

1. How could a colonial adolescent master a particular skill or learn a discipline?

2. What did colonial religious sects have in common?

3. Originally in colonial America, how were gentlemen to treat inferiors and subordinates?

4. What percentage of northern colonists were aristocrats?

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

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