The Radicalism of the American Revolution Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Gordon S. Wood
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The Radicalism of the American Revolution Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Seven Years War take place?
(a) 1760s.
(b) 1750s.
(c) 1730s.
(d) 1740s.

2. What would eventually secure the people's right to participate in government?
(a) Religious freedom.
(b) Legal documents.
(c) The right to vote.
(d) The right to own property.

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

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

5. How did the American colonies react to the intrusion of royal authority in 1763?
(a) Ignored it.
(b) Asked for it.
(c) Welcomed it.
(d) Didn't accept it.

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

7. How was high office in colonial America considered?
(a) As a right and responsibility.
(b) As a profession and profit.
(c) As an honor and privilege.
(d) As a sacrifice and burden.

8. Who in colonial America had the best opportunity to become wealthy?
(a) Those engaged in colonial politics.
(b) Those engaged in overseas commerce.
(c) Those engaged in selling arms in the war.
(d) Those engaged in supplying goods to the colonists.

9. In colonial America, who was rescued from poverty as a fourteen-year-old boy, only to become one of Virginia's most distinguished leaders?
(a) Benjamin Robinson.
(b) Charles Wilson Peale.
(c) Daniel Dulagy.
(d) Edmund Pendleton.

10. What supported the colonial southern plantations that made networks of influence unnecessary?
(a) Family networks.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Outside investors.
(d) Farming.

11. What happened in colonial America when Connecticut tried to annex Pennsylvania?
(a) A death.
(b) War.
(c) A law suit.
(d) Riot.

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

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

14. What did colonial religious sects have in common?
(a) They advocated disobeying authority.
(b) They advocated controlling authority.
(c) They advocated disavowing authority.
(d) They advocated honoring authority.

15. When first offered, why did Ben Franklin say he would not accept the military rank of colonel?
(a) He wasn't a gentleman.
(b) He didn't believe in the military.
(c) He felt he should be a general.
(d) He didn't have enough money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was an important patron of Ben Franklin?

2. What did Republicans hold as extremely important?

3. Who was governor of Massachusetts during the Boston Tea Party?

4. Who was the most popular and powerful man in Massachusetts during the last quarter of the 18th century?

5. What was Philadelphia's approximate population in 1760?

(see the answer keys)

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