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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In colonial America, how did parents view their power as parents?
(a) Dictatorship.
(b) Head of a democracy.
(c) Equals within the family.
(d) Limited monarchy.

2. Within the colonial family unit, what right did adult children demand?
(a) To be responsible for themselves.
(b) To strike out on their own.
(c) To choose their own spouses.
(d) To choose their own employment.

3. Who argued that Britain was an unnatural parent?
(a) Tories.
(b) Republicans.
(c) Whigs.
(d) Patriots.

4. What most alarmed the American colonial gentry of the 1760s and 1770s?
(a) That common people disrespected the gentry.
(b) That common people wanted to participate in government.
(c) That common people were striving to become gentry.
(d) That their wealth was dependent on common people.

5. What was democracy considered in the 18th century?
(a) A utopian term or society's hope.
(b) A technical term of political theory.
(c) A present condition of American life.
(d) An impossible accomplishment to be dismissed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was high office in colonial America considered?

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

3. In colonial America, why did officer holders receive honors and titles?

4. How did Colonel Landon Carter express his confusion about child rearing in colonial society?

5. What eventually became the sole criterion for the political worth of a person?

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