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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. What circumstance was unknown in small scale colonial American society?
(a) Opposition.
(b) Privacy.
(c) Dissent.
(d) Conformity.

2. How did the American colonies react to the intrusion of royal authority in 1763?
(a) Welcomed it.
(b) Didn't accept it.
(c) Asked for it.
(d) Ignored it.

3. In colonial America, what were the aristocracy allowed to engage in that they weren't allowed in Britain?
(a) Use of oaths.
(b) Farming.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Retail trade.

4. What was the most radical ideology initiated by the Revolution?
(a) Democracy.
(b) . Republicanism.
(c) Equality.
(d) Liberalism.

5. How could a colonial adolescent master a particular skill or learn a discipline?
(a) Be privately tutored.
(b) Learn from a sibling.
(c) Be indentured or go to school.
(d) Learn from parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who became the richest man in Gloucester, R.I., just a few years before the revolution?

2. Who rejected "ancient prejudices" that supported hereditary monarchy?

3. Whose play "Cato" taught George Washington what it meant to be liberal and virtuous?

4. What did Ben Franklin identify as the central political problems of his time?

5. How are people regarded in a hierarchical society?

(see the answer key)

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