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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were domestic servants treated in colonial America as compared to Europe at that same time?
(a) With less free time and days off.
(b) With more brutality and humiliation.
(c) With fewer accommodations and conveniences.
(d) With more kindness and compassion.

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

3. How could a person be mobile in colonial society?
(a) By earning money and buying status for the new rank.
(b) By demonstrating and possessing qualifications for new rank.
(c) By marrying into a higher social rank.
(d) By replacing someone of a higher rank.

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

5. What religious belief did Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin hold?
(a) Christian.
(b) Deist.
(c) Puritan.
(d) Anglican.

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

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

8. What was the main consideration for a colonial man to be considered a gentleman?
(a) He must be free from material and intellectual want.
(b) He must be a married man with good standing in the community.
(c) He must be a member of a political party and the militia.
(d) He must be a land owner and a church member.

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

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

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

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

13. Who was governor of Massachusetts during the Boston Tea Party?
(a) Thomas Hutton.
(b) Thomas Hutchinson.
(c) Thomas Hutchins.
(d) Thomas Huxtible.

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

15. What characteristic separated patricians from plebeians?
(a) Education.
(b) Income.
(c) Birth status.
(d) Physical labor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What relationship did the American farmer have with the land he worked?

2. What was the primary nationality of the American colonists?

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

4. How did John Locke view a child's mind?

5. How were superiors, magistrates, and masters to be honored?

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