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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the original American colonists pride themselves as being?
(a) Patriots with abilties and drives.
(b) Righteous with values and morals.
(c) Fortunate with possessions and families.
(d) Free men with rights and liberties.

2. What did Republicans hold as extremely important?
(a) Peace and order.
(b) Monarchy and enlightenment.
(c) Counterculture and reorganization.
(d) Liberty and independence.

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

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

5. Why was poverty considered a virtue for common colonial people?
(a) It kept them satisfied.
(b) It kept them submissive.
(c) It kept them subjected.
(d) It kept them industrious.

6. How did colonial Americans look on black slavery?
(a) As an institution which needs legislation.
(b) As a necessary evil.
(c) As an abomination.
(d) As just another form of dependency.

7. During the war against France, what did farmers buy after they sold their surplus to the British troops?
(a) Luxury goods.
(b) Needed equipment.
(c) More land.
(d) Necessities.

8. What percentage of 18th century colonial Americans were employed in farming?
(a) 90%.
(b) 80%.
(c) 85%.
(d) 95%.

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

10. In colonial America, what outweighed the concern for family lineage?
(a) Individual desires of the mother.
(b) Individual desires of the head of the household.
(c) Individual desires of the father.
(d) Individual desires of the children.

11. What did the colonial American courts treat more seriously than violent acts?
(a) Disobedience.
(b) Cheating.
(c) Profanity.
(d) Laziness.

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

13. Historically, what kinds of men are guilty for all wars and tyrannies?
(a) Politically powerful men.
(b) Educated men.
(c) Egotistical men.
(d) Extraordinary men.

14. Who bought the small planters tobacco crops rather than taking them on consignment?
(a) Scottish merchant houses.
(b) British merchant houses.
(c) Irish merchant houses.
(d) Welsh merchant houses.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was another name for colonial commoners?

2. What were the religious upheavals in the colonies eventually called?

3. What did Ben Franklin say about government?

4. What is one way republicans are different from monarchists?

5. What religious belief did Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin hold?

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