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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 no manpower or resources to any country.
(c) They supplied manpower and resources to France.
(d) They supplied manpower and resources to England.

2. In colonial America, which pairs of words were "opposites and irreconcilable"?
(a) Indentured and dependency.
(b) Tenant and dependency.
(c) Freedom and dependency.
(d) Freedom and religion.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the colonial American courts treat more seriously than violent acts?

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

3. After retiring, what does Ben Franklin do that later embarrasses him?

4. What characteristic separated patricians from plebeians?

5. Who was an important patron of Ben Franklin?

(see the answer key)

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