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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many American whiskey distilleries were there in 1830?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 25,000.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 10,000.

2. How many Boston merchants were named in the Massachusetts Banishment Act of 1778?
(a) 47.
(b) 45.
(c) 44.
(d) 46.

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

4. Who wrote "The Religion of Nature Delineated"?
(a) Thomas Paine.
(b) Lord Chesterfield.
(c) William Wollaston.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

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

6. When did Americans begin to call for the boycotting of British goods?
(a) When the Stamp Act was issued.
(b) When artisans in Philadelphia won four city offices.
(c) When the Patriotic Society was formed.
(d) When Mechanics Hall became a meeting place.

7. Who became the richest man in Gloucester, R.I., just a few years before the revolution?
(a) Moses Cooper.
(b) Thomas Hutchinson.
(c) Josiah Quincy.
(d) David Ramsey.

8. Who believed that each individual was responsible for his or her eternal salvation or damnation?
(a) Lorenzo Dow.
(b) Elias Smith.
(c) Lyman Beecher.
(d) Barton Stone.

9. 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) Thomas Stone.
(b) James Iredell.
(c) John Jebb.
(d) David Hume.

10. What percent of colonial Americans were loyalists?
(a) 10%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 5%.
(d) 15%.

11. Who wrote the book "The Patriots"?
(a) Robert Munsford.
(b) Owen Biddle.
(c) Israel Williams.
(d) Jeremy Belknap.

12. By 1820, which territories had doubled the size of America?
(a) Louisiana and Mississippi.
(b) Florida and Alabama.
(c) Alabama and Mississippi.
(d) Florida and Louisiana.

13. Whose Massachusetts family had done missionary work among the Indians?
(a) William Livingston.
(b) Jonathan Mayhew.
(c) Lord Chesterfield.
(d) Joseph Addison.

14. What did conservatives say caused the degeneration of standards that were tainting America?
(a) The French Revolution.
(b) The Constitution.
(c) Democracy.
(d) The Federalists.

15. How much were the first congressmen and senators paid per day of service?
(a) $4.
(b) $6.
(c) $5.
(d) $7.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was democracy considered in the 18th century?

2. Where was the first county fair held?

3. When was the Virgina constitution written?

4. When did the first American Congress meet?

5. Before the revolution, what was labor associated with?

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