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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In colonial America, what emerged after politics cease to be a contest among prominent families?
(a) Money for good causes.
(b) Political parties.
(c) Honest officials.
(d) Fair laws.

2. What relationship did the American farmer have with the land he worked?
(a) He was the owner.
(b) He was a tenant.
(c) He borrowed it.
(d) He lent it.

3. What did Ben Franklin identify as the central political problems of his time?
(a) Love of country and home.
(b) Hatred of dependence and oppression.
(c) Hatred of politicians and the military.
(d) Love of power and money.

4. What were those who opposed the Anglican church called?
(a) Proselytes.
(b) Converts.
(c) Dissenters.
(d) Heretics.

5. How did Baltimore, Norfolk, and Alexandria benefit from increased colonial marketing?
(a) More money is spent in them.
(b) They attracted more lucrative businesses.
(c) They became booming ports.
(d) They became destinations for immigrants.

6. Who spoke for and was responsible for servants, slaves, and tenants?
(a) The head of the household.
(b) They were responsible for themselves.
(c) No one was responsible for them.
(d) The colonial government.

7. How was intermarriage and inbreeding looked upon by colonial gentry?
(a) It is illegal.
(b) It is forbidden.
(c) It is encouraged.
(d) It is commonplace.

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

9. What was the ideology of the Enlightenment?
(a) Republicanism.
(b) Rationalism.
(c) Mysticism.
(d) Counterculture.

10. What was critical to the success of colonial American office holders?
(a) Freedom from debt.
(b) Stable family life.
(c) Social respectability.
(d) Personal accountability.

11. What kinds of laws were proposed in colonial America to curb spending?
(a) Speculative laws.
(b) Pecuniary laws.
(c) Sumptuary laws.
(d) Monetary laws.

12. How did fathers among colonial gentry control their adult children?
(a) They threathened disinheritance.
(b) They used corporal punishment.
(c) They took away their possessions.
(d) They took them to court.

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

14. How was the Anglican church part of politics in Britain?
(a) It persecuted different religions.
(b) It was an arm of the crown.
(c) It was separate from the government.
(d) It held a political position.

15. In colonial America, what were women considered from a legal standpoint?
(a) They were non-people.
(b) They were possessions.
(c) They were independent.
(d) They were dependent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was it called when Ben Franklin appointed his friends and family to official positions after he became Deputy Postmaster General of North America?

2. What was the most radical change brought about by the Revolution?

3. What was the primary nationality of the American colonists?

4. How did John Locke view a child's mind?

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

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