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

2. What contributed to America's economic troubles in the 1780s?
(a) The withdrawal of loyalist's monies.
(b) The establishment of a new government.
(c) The absence of manufacturing.
(d) The end of the war.

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

4. How could a person be mobile in colonial society?
(a) By replacing someone of a higher rank.
(b) By demonstrating and possessing qualifications for new rank.
(c) By earning money and buying status for the new rank.
(d) By marrying into a higher social rank.

5. In colonial America, why did officer holders receive honors and titles?
(a) To give honor where honor is due.
(b) To impress and show up their peers.
(c) To inspire respect and obedience from the common people.
(d) To solicit money for polictical causes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How could a colonial adolescent master a particular skill or learn a discipline?

3. How were superiors, magistrates, and masters to be honored?

4. What was another name for colonial gentlemen?

5. In colonial America, what were the aristocracy allowed to engage in that they weren't allowed in Britain?

(see the answer key)

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