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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the status of an indentured servant in colonial America?
(a) He was a free agent.
(b) He was property.
(c) He was working his way up the ladder.
(d) He was the lowest class of society.

2. Who identified the source of the revolution as the dissolution of family authority?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) John Adams.
(c) John Locke.
(d) Landon Carter.

3. Originally in colonial America, how were gentlemen to treat inferiors and subordinates?
(a) As children.
(b) As spouses.
(c) As parents.
(d) As equals.

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

5. How are people regarded in a hierarchical society?
(a) Individuals can never change class.
(b) Individuals can easily move between classes.
(c) Individuals belong to a particular class.
(d) Individuals are socially equal.

6. Who must yield power for a government to be good?
(a) Disinterested men.
(b) Wealthy men.
(c) Men who care about society.
(d) Men interested in politics.

7. How did John Locke view a child's mind?
(a) As useless and unformed.
(b) As moldable as clay.
(c) As a blank slate.
(d) As foolish until educated.

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

9. What did classical republican ideals lay the foundation for?
(a) A legal education.
(b) A liberal arts education.
(c) A religious education.
(d) A science education.

10. Concerning the marketplace, how did colonial American and British aristocracy differ?
(a) Americans are involved in the marketplace while British are not.
(b) British are better in the marketplace.
(c) Americans are better in the marketplace.
(d) British are involved in the marketplace while Americans are not

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

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

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

14. Towards the middle of the 18th century, how fast was the American population growing?
(a) It doubled every 20 years.
(b) It doubled every 5 years.
(c) It doubled every 15 years.
(d) It doubled every 10 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In colonial America, what was done with a political effigy?

2. In colonial America, what was absent between centralized and local authorities?

3. What did the original American colonists pride themselves as being?

4. In colonial America, which pairs of words were "opposites and irreconcilable"?

5. What did Ben Franklin identify as the central political problems of his time?

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