The Radicalism of the American Revolution Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Gordon S. Wood
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The Radicalism of the American Revolution Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What circumstance was unknown in small scale colonial American society?
(a) Opposition.
(b) Conformity.
(c) Dissent.
(d) Privacy.

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

6. At the middle of the 18th century, what did many revolutionary leaders feel the colonies still needed?
(a) A constitutional government.
(b) A President.
(c) Monarchial control.
(d) A standing army.

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

8. How did the grandest colonial American estates compare to traditional British estates?
(a) They were much smaller.
(b) They were worth more.
(c) There were much larger.
(d) They were about the same size.

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

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

11. How did non-English colonial Americans feel about the monarchy?
(a) They had no attachment to it.
(b) They hoped it will continue.
(c) They wished it were abolished.
(d) They had great respect for it.

12. What was the ideology of the Enlightenment?
(a) Republicanism.
(b) Rationalism.
(c) Counterculture.
(d) Mysticism.

13. In colonial America, how did parents view their power as parents?
(a) Head of a democracy.
(b) Limited monarchy.
(c) Equals within the family.
(d) Dictatorship.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the "Spirit of Laws" in 1748?

2. Who wrote about the irreligious "Wild Woods" of the Carolina back country?

3. What religious belief did Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin hold?

4. What spending trend in colonial America did social conservatives condemn?

5. In colonial America, what were women considered from a legal standpoint?

(see the answer keys)

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