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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Ben Franklin was a boy, what important man discussed books with him?
(a) William Burnet.
(b) William Allen.
(c) Andrew Hamilton.
(d) James Logan.

3. Who was the most popular and powerful man in Massachusetts during the last quarter of the 18th century?
(a) Ben Franklin.
(b) Henry McCulloch.
(c) Thomas Hutchinson.
(d) John Hancock.

4. What was the colonial role in the renewed Anglo-French warfare in the 1750s?
(a) They supplied manpower and resources to England.
(b) They had no manpower or resources to supply to any country.
(c) They supplied no manpower or resources to any country.
(d) They supplied manpower and resources to France.

5. What did conservatives say caused the degeneration of standards that were tainting America?
(a) The Constitution.
(b) Democracy.
(c) The French Revolution.
(d) The Federalists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the revolutionaries mean when they said they supported equality?

2. What was another name for colonial gentlemen?

3. Who believed progress and social harmony would result from the enlightened conclusion of the new American society?

4. What was the main source of instability and anxiety in revolutionary America?

5. In the late 18th century, what replaced whipping and execution as penal codes?

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