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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. What was Philadelphia's approximate population in 1760?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 40,000.
(d) 30,000.

2. Who said, "Idolatry to Monarchs and servility of Aristocratic Pride was never so totally eradicated from so many in so short a time"?
(a) David Ramsey.
(b) Moses Cooper.
(c) William Henry Drayton.
(d) John Adams.

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

4. What was the primary nationality of the American colonists?
(a) English.
(b) Irish.
(c) Scottish.
(d) Europeans.

5. What characteristic of their heritage did colonial Americans in New England cling to?
(a) Defiance.
(b) Militance.
(c) Charity.
(d) Conscientious objection.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How are people regarded in a hierarchical society?

3. In the 1790s, who labeled gentry as men of idleness, extravagance, and dissipation?

4. What were those who opposed the Anglican church called?

5. How many Boston merchants were named in the Massachusetts Banishment Act of 1778?

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