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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 colonial role in the renewed Anglo-French warfare in the 1750s?
(a) They supplied manpower and resources to England.
(b) They supplied manpower and resources to France.
(c) They had no manpower or resources to supply to any country.
(d) They supplied no manpower or resources to any country.

2. What characteristic separated patricians from plebeians?
(a) Education.
(b) Income.
(c) Physical labor.
(d) Birth status.

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

4. How could a colonial adolescent master a particular skill or learn a discipline?
(a) Learn from parents.
(b) Be indentured or go to school.
(c) Be privately tutored.
(d) Learn from a sibling.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in colonial America had the best opportunity to become wealthy?

2. Who was the head of a colonial household?

3. What did the original American colonists pride themselves as being?

4. What was the highest class of British society called?

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

(see the answer key)

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