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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. Before the revolution, what was labor associated with?
(a) Increased productivity.
(b) Slavery and servitude.
(c) Oppression and fear.
(d) Tradition and necessity.

2. In 1774 Philadelphia, what was the Philadelphia Committee of Nineteen?
(a) A religious organization.
(b) A loyalist organization.
(c) A resistance organization.
(d) A trade organization.

3. Who identified the source of the revolution as the dissolution of family authority?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) John Locke.
(c) John Adams.
(d) Landon Carter.

4. How many Boston merchants were named in the Massachusetts Banishment Act of 1778?
(a) 46.
(b) 47.
(c) 44.
(d) 45.

5. What did John Adams consider to be the main mark of a gentleman?
(a) Dedication to public service.
(b) A liberal arts education.
(c) Wealth and ease of life.
(d) Virture and charitable causes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of 18th century colonial Americans were employed in farming?

2. What did colonial religious sects have in common?

3. What did John Locke write about the common moral sense of every man?

4. In colonial America, what emerged after politics cease to be a contest among prominent families?

5. How did the American colonies react to the intrusion of royal authority in 1763?

(see the answer key)

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