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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. 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 selling arms in the war.
(d) Those engaged in colonial politics.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In colonial America, what was the ultimate means of defending one's honor?

2. How was intermarriage and inbreeding looked upon by colonial gentry?

3. Who was the head of a colonial household?

4. What percentage of northern colonists were aristocrats?

5. What characteristic separated patricians from plebeians?

(see the answer key)

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