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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. How did the grandest colonial American estates compare to traditional British estates?
(a) They were much smaller.
(b) They were about the same size.
(c) They were worth more.
(d) There were much larger.

2. When first offered, why did Ben Franklin say he would not accept the military rank of colonel?
(a) He didn't have enough money.
(b) He wasn't a gentleman.
(c) He felt he should be a general.
(d) He didn't believe in the military.

3. In colonial America, what were the aristocracy allowed to engage in that they weren't allowed in Britain?
(a) Use of oaths.
(b) Retail trade.
(c) Farming.
(d) Gambling.

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

5. In colonial America, what emerged after politics cease to be a contest among prominent families?
(a) Honest officials.
(b) Fair laws.
(c) Political parties.
(d) Money for good causes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one way republicans are different from monarchists?

2. During the war against France, what did farmers buy after they sold their surplus to the British troops?

3. Who wrote about the irreligious "Wild Woods" of the Carolina back country?

4. How was intermarriage and inbreeding looked upon by colonial gentry?

5. What was the primary nationality of the American colonists?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did colonial imports of British goods change the twenty-five years before the Revolution?

2. What happened in literature following Britain's Glorious Revolution of 1688?

3. Give examples of the patronage Ben Franklin practiced when he became Deputy Postmaster General of North America.

4. What characterized colonial American tenantry?

5. How was mid-18th century colonial America a traditional society?

6. Why could Anglo-American colonists never be good subjects to the crown?

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

8. How did religion in colonial America support the authority and order of the monarchy?

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

10. What was the golden age of Roman literature?

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