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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 another name for colonial gentlemen?
(a) Egalitarians.
(b) Patricians.
(c) Aristocrats.
(d) Republicans.

2. How did colonial Americans look on black slavery?
(a) As just another form of dependency.
(b) As an abomination.
(c) As a necessary evil.
(d) As an institution which needs legislation.

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

4. What was the most radical change brought about by the Revolution?
(a) Common people no longer felt inferior.
(b) The upper class no longer felt superior.
(c) The upper class must share their status with commoners.
(d) Common people had the same opportunities as the upper class.

5. What percentage of northern colonists were aristocrats?
(a) 11%.
(b) 8%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 9%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What relationship did the American farmer have with the land he worked?

2. Who was the head of a colonial household?

3. What kind of colonial churches dominated the first third of the 18th century?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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