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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1774 Philadelphia, what was the Philadelphia Committee of Nineteen?
(a) A loyalist organization.
(b) A religious organization.
(c) A resistance organization.
(d) A trade organization.

2. Who said America, "hath a blank sheet to write upon"?
(a) Thomas Paine.
(b) John Adams.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Lord Chesterfield.

3. What eventually became the sole criterion for the political worth of a person?
(a) Loyalty to the party.
(b) Loyalty to the administration.
(c) Loyalty to the people.
(d) Loyalty to the state.

4. What was the most radical ideology initiated by the Revolution?
(a) Equality.
(b) . Republicanism.
(c) Liberalism.
(d) Democracy.

5. Which President said, "Parties would always exist"?
(a) Martin Van Buren.
(b) John Quincy Adams.
(c) James Madison.
(d) James Monroe.

6. Who said that after the revolution people were changed form subjects to citizens?
(a) David Ramsey.
(b) Moses Cooper.
(c) William Henry Drayton.
(d) John Adams.

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

8. In the 1790s, who labeled gentry as men of idleness, extravagance, and dissipation?
(a) George Warner.
(b) Abraham Bishop
(c) Matthew Lyon.
(d) William Drayton.

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

10. Who was the speaker of the House of Burgess in 1766?
(a) John Criswell.
(b) John Robinson.
(c) Algernon Sidney.
(d) Richard Henry Lee.

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

12. Who wrote the book "The Idle Man"?
(a) David Dudley.
(b) Samuel Morse.
(c) Richard Henry Dana.
(d) James Kent.

13. Who believed progress and social harmony would result from the enlightened conclusion of the new American society?
(a) Jeremy Belknap.
(b) James Allen.
(c) Robert Munsford.
(d) John Quincy Adams.

14. Who had an international reputation as a hero in the 1780s?
(a) Ben Franklin.
(b) John Adams.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

15. Who wrote "Common Sense"?
(a) Jeremy Belknap.
(b) Robert Munsford.
(c) Thomas Paine.
(d) Samuel Cooper.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1787, who said America lacked cohesion?

2. The "Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation" was a key document for which man?

3. How much were the first congressmen and senators paid per day of service?

4. Who said that "Benevolence is the Cement and Support of . . . the Great Community of mankind"?

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

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