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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. When meeting someone new in colonial America, what was required for confidence in dealing with that person?
(a) A mutual acquaintance.
(b) A letter of introduction.
(c) Common interests.
(d) Compatible personalities.

2. Why was poverty considered a virtue for common colonial people?
(a) It kept them subjected.
(b) It kept them submissive.
(c) It kept them industrious.
(d) It kept them satisfied.

3. What percentage of southern colonists were aristocrats?
(a) 4-5%.
(b) 2-3%.
(c) 7-8%.
(d) 5-6%.

4. What characteristic separated patricians from plebeians?
(a) Education.
(b) Physical labor.
(c) Birth status.
(d) Income.

5. 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) Common people had the same opportunities as the upper class.
(d) The upper class no longer felt superior.

Short Answer Questions

1. When first offered, why did Ben Franklin say he would not accept the military rank of colonel?

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

3. What percentage of 18th century colonial Americans were employed in farming?

4. In colonial America, who was rescued from poverty as a fourteen-year-old boy, only to become one of Virginia's most distinguished leaders?

5. Originally in colonial America, how were gentlemen to treat inferiors and subordinates?

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