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

2. What were the religious upheavals in the colonies eventually called?
(a) Religious Revolution.
(b) Puritan Petitions.
(c) Great Awakening.
(d) Church's Decision.

3. Where was Ben Franklin quartered when he sailed to England in 1724?
(a) With the crew.
(b) Steerage.
(c) First class.
(d) With the captain.

4. In colonial America, what was a self-made man called?
(a) A lucky Tom.
(b) A wealthy William.
(c) An industrious Samuel.
(d) A poor Richard.

5. How did fathers among colonial gentry control their adult children?
(a) They took away their possessions.
(b) They threathened disinheritance.
(c) They used corporal punishment.
(d) They took them to court.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How much land did the British victory over France in 1759-1763 open for speculation or settlement?

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

5. In colonial America, what was absent between centralized and local authorities?

(see the answer key)

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