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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the late 1760s, who dismissed people's right to participate in government if they didn't have a liberal arts education?
(a) George Warner.
(b) William Drayton.
(c) Abraham Bishop.
(d) Matthew Lyon.

2. In 1787, who said America lacked cohesion?
(a) Daniel Webster.
(b) Charles Nisbet.
(c) Elkanah Watson.
(d) John C. Calhoun.

3. When did the first American Congress meet?
(a) 1786.
(b) 1787.
(c) 1788.
(d) 1789.

4. Who said that "Benevolence is the Cement and Support of . . . the Great Community of mankind"?
(a) James Allen.
(b) John Quincy Adams.
(c) Samuel Cooper.
(d) Israel Williams.

5. Who said, "All Christendom has been decomposed, broken in pieces" in this "fiery furnace of democracy"?
(a) Thomas Campbell.
(b) Samuel Blodgett.
(c) Elias Smith.
(d) Harrison Gray Otis.

6. What became a surrogate religion for colonial Americans suspicious of traditional Christianity?
(a) Agnosticism.
(b) Freemasonry.
(c) Civic organizations.
(d) The Quaker religion.

7. What year was the Continental Congress?
(a) 1775.
(b) 1773.
(c) 1772.
(d) 1774.

8. What did John Adams consider to be the main mark of a gentleman?
(a) Dedication to public service.
(b) Wealth and ease of life.
(c) A liberal arts education.
(d) Virture and charitable causes.

9. Who drew up the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
(a) Charles Carroll.
(b) George Mason.
(c) William Livingston.
(d) James Cheetham.

10. Who said, "the attracting force of universal love" existed in all people?
(a) William Channing.
(b) William Sampson.
(c) George Cabot.
(d) Joel Barlow.

11. What was the main source of instability and anxiety in revolutionary America?
(a) Conspicuous consumption.
(b) Religious dissent.
(c) Ostentatious aristocracy.
(d) Pervasive equality.

12. What form of address came into general use in the late 18th century?
(a) Mr.
(b) Goodman.
(c) Freeman.
(d) Sir.

13. Who resigned from Congress in 1778 because he did not feel he could be a good Congressman because of necessity he was also compelled to practice law?
(a) James Iredell.
(b) John Jebb.
(c) Thomas Stone.
(d) David Hume.

14. What did John Locke write about the common moral sense of every man?
(a) That men are disposed to do good.
(b) That men are disposed to do bad.
(c) That men are amoral.
(d) That men must be taught what is good and bad.

15. By 1800, what percent of the Philadelphia labor force were indentured servants?
(a) 3%.
(b) 4%.
(c) 1%.
(d) 2%.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many loyalists left the colonies during the revolution?

2. Which President said, "Parties would always exist"?

3. Who strove to undermine the gentry's distinctiveness and privileges by emphasizing their similarity to common people?

4. What did the revolutionaries mean when they said they supported equality?

5. When did Americans begin to call for the boycotting of British goods?

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