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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 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.

2. What did the original American colonists pride themselves as being?
(a) Fortunate with possessions and families.
(b) Free men with rights and liberties.
(c) Righteous with values and morals.
(d) Patriots with abilties and drives.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the primary nationality of the American colonists?

2. What was the main consideration for a colonial man to be considered a gentleman?

3. How did colonial gentry demonstrate virtue?

4. Why was poverty considered a virtue for common colonial people?

5. How are people regarded in a hierarchical society?

(see the answer key)

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