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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Historically, what kinds of men are guilty for all wars and tyrannies?
(a) Egotistical men.
(b) Extraordinary men.
(c) Educated men.
(d) Politically powerful men.

2. What was Philadelphia's approximate population in 1760?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 40,000.

3. What was the colonial role in the renewed Anglo-French warfare in the 1750s?
(a) They supplied manpower and resources to France.
(b) They supplied no manpower or resources to any country.
(c) They had no manpower or resources to supply to any country.
(d) They supplied manpower and resources to England.

4. When Ben Franklin was a boy, what important man discussed books with him?
(a) James Logan.
(b) Andrew Hamilton.
(c) William Allen.
(d) William Burnet.

5. How was high office in colonial America considered?
(a) As a right and responsibility.
(b) As a sacrifice and burden.
(c) As an honor and privilege.
(d) As a profession and profit.

Short Answer Questions

1. In colonial America, what was a self-made man called?

2. Who bought the small planters tobacco crops rather than taking them on consignment?

3. Historically, what do good Englishmen do?

4. What percent of the American colonial population was poor?

5. Towards the middle of the 18th century, how fast was the American population growing?

Short Essay Questions

1. In small face-to-face colonial society, give two examples of how official and personal affairs combined.

2. Before the revolution, what did the aristocracy think of the common people?

3. Why did colonists so eagerly desire titles or distinctions?

4. Why was the family household in colonial America the place where most work was done?

5. In colonial America, what was an entailed estate?

6. How was family defined in colonial America?

7. What was characteristic of economic exchanges in colonial America?

8. In times of war, how were aristocratic soldiers treated differently than common soldiers?

9. How had the definition of aristocracy in colonial America changed by the 18th century?

10. How was republicanism defined at the time of the American Revolution?

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