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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were colonial American rulers always concerned about regarding their positions?
(a) There would be plots against them.
(b) There would be conspiracies agains the people they govern.
(c) The finances to run their office.
(d) The collapse of the government.

2. In the 18th century, what did the golden age of Roman literature speak about?
(a) Scientific and historic discoveries.
(b) Moral and ethical issues.
(c) Political and social ideals.
(d) Religious and emotional decisions.

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

4. What was another name for colonial commoners?
(a) Plebians.
(b) Serfs.
(c) Patricians.
(d) Egalitarians.

5. In colonial America, what was commonly manufactured in enormous quantities by the farming population?
(a) Preserves.
(b) Farm equipment.
(c) Cloth.
(d) Rope.

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

7. Historically, what do good Englishmen do?
(a) Build their economy.
(b) Help the downtrodden.
(c) Fortify their defenses.
(d) Resist tyranny.

8. Who was the head of a colonial household?
(a) The oldest grandfather.
(b) The parents.
(c) The patriarch.
(d) The matriarch.

9. What percentage of southern colonists were aristocrats?
(a) 5-6%.
(b) 4-5%.
(c) 2-3%.
(d) 7-8%.

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

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

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

13. Who rejected "ancient prejudices" that supported hereditary monarchy?
(a) Ben Franklin.
(b) Thomas Paine.
(c) Jonathan Sewell.
(d) John Locke.

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

15. What were the religious upheavals in the colonies eventually called?
(a) Religious Revolution.
(b) Puritan Petitions.
(c) Church's Decision.
(d) Great Awakening.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in colonial America had the best opportunity to become wealthy?

2. When did the Seven Years War take place?

3. What happened in colonial America when more and more people demanded land?

4. How could a person be mobile in colonial society?

5. How did colonial gentry demonstrate virtue?

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