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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What was the colonial role in the renewed Anglo-French warfare in the 1750s?
(a) They supplied manpower and resources to England.
(b) They supplied no manpower or resources to any country.
(c) They had no manpower or resources to supply to any country.
(d) They supplied manpower and resources to France.

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

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

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

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

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

12. What percentage of northern colonists were aristocrats?
(a) 9%.
(b) 8%.
(c) 11%.
(d) 10%.

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

14. When meeting someone new in colonial America, what was required for confidence in dealing with that person?
(a) A mutual acquaintance.
(b) Common interests.
(c) Compatible personalities.
(d) A letter of introduction.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one way republicans are different from monarchists?

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

3. Within the colonial family unit, what right did adult children demand?

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

5. What percentage of southern colonists were aristocrats?

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