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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) The upper class no longer felt superior.
(b) Common people no longer felt inferior.
(c) The upper class must share their status with commoners.
(d) Common people had the same opportunities as the upper class.

2. In colonial America, what were women considered from a legal standpoint?
(a) They were possessions.
(b) They were non-people.
(c) They were dependent.
(d) They were independent.

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

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

5. What was the status of an indentured servant in colonial America?
(a) He was working his way up the ladder.
(b) He was a free agent.
(c) He was the lowest class of society.
(d) He was property.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How were domestic servants treated in colonial America as compared to Europe at that same time?

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

4. What was the colonial role in the renewed Anglo-French warfare in the 1750s?

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

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