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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who did the American colonists blame when the wrong people held office?
(a) The voters.
(b) The crown.
(c) Themselves.
(d) Other officials.

5. How did colonial gentry demonstrate virtue?
(a) By consuming enough to employ the commoners.
(b) By church attendance and charitable contributions.
(c) By supporting trade schools and farms.
(d) By righteous behavior and virtuous living.

6. What was another name for colonial gentlemen?
(a) Patricians.
(b) Republicans.
(c) Aristocrats.
(d) Egalitarians.

7. What was it called when Ben Franklin appointed his friends and family to official positions after he became Deputy Postmaster General of North America?
(a) Prerogativism.
(b) Paucity.
(c) Consequentialism.
(d) Patronage.

8. What kind of colonial churches dominated the first third of the 18th century?
(a) Organizational and society supported churches.
(b) Independent congregation supported churches.
(c) Denominationally supported churches.
(d) Centralized state supported churches.

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

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

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

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

13. Who was an important patron of Ben Franklin?
(a) William Gouch.
(b) William Keith.
(c) Thomas Penn.
(d) David Hume.

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

15. In colonial America, what was a self-made man called?
(a) A poor Richard.
(b) A wealthy William.
(c) An industrious Samuel.
(d) A lucky Tom.

Short Answer Questions

1. In colonial America, what was the ultimate means of defending one's honor?

2. In colonial America, how did parents view their power as parents?

3. What happened in colonial America when Connecticut tried to annex Pennsylvania?

4. What supported the colonial southern plantations that made networks of influence unnecessary?

5. Historically, what kinds of men are guilty for all wars and tyrannies?

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