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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What most alarmed the American colonial gentry of the 1760s and 1770s?
(a) That common people wanted to participate in government.
(b) That common people disrespected the gentry.
(c) That their wealth was dependent on common people.
(d) That common people were striving to become gentry.

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

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

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

5. The "Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation" was a key document for which man?
(a) William Livingston.
(b) Jonathan Mayhew.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Joseph Addison.

6. Who said that the mind could be cultivated like a garden?
(a) John Adams.
(b) Lord Chesterfield.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Thomas Paine.

7. Who said, "We see with other eyes; we hear with other ears"?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Thomas Paine.
(c) Lord Chesterfield.
(d) John Adams.

8. Who said that the secret of America's prosperity was the celebration of work?
(a) Edward Everett.
(b) Theodore Sedgewick.
(c) Micheal Chevalier.
(d) Francis Grund.

9. Where was the first county fair held?
(a) Escambia County, Rhode Island.
(b) Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
(c) Albany County, New York.
(d) Green County, Connecticut.

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

11. In the late 18th century, what replaced whipping and execution as penal codes?
(a) Rehabilitation.
(b) Deportation.
(c) Restitution.
(d) Imprisonment.

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

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

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

15. Who said, "Idolatry to Monarchs and servility of Aristocratic Pride was never so totally eradicated from so many in so short a time"?
(a) Moses Cooper.
(b) John Adams.
(c) William Henry Drayton.
(d) David Ramsey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Leverett Saltonstall call "the great bond of civil society"?

2. What contributed to America's economic troubles in the 1780s?

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

4. What defined modern politicians as "persons who have little, if any regard for the welfare of the republic unless immediately connected with . . . their own private pursuits"?

5. Who said that after the revolution people were changed form subjects to citizens?

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