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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did monarchists hold as extremely important?
(a) Liberty and independence.
(b) Peace and order.
(c) Counterculture and reorganization.
(d) Monarchy and enlightenment.

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

3. How did the grandest colonial American estates compare to traditional British estates?
(a) They were worth more.
(b) They were much smaller.
(c) They were about the same size.
(d) There were much larger.

4. What percent of the American colonial population was poor?
(a) 20%.
(b) 5%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 15%.

5. What was Philadelphia's approximate population in 1760?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 40,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 20,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. In colonial America, what was a self-made man called?

2. What kinds of laws were proposed in colonial America to curb spending?

3. In colonial America, a person who didn't have to work for a living still held what responsibility?

4. Who was governor of Massachusetts during the Boston Tea Party?

5. Who must yield power for a government to be good?

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