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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. In colonial America, a person who didn't have to work for a living still held what responsibility?
(a) He owed charity to the poor.
(b) He owed jobs to the unemployed.
(c) He owed money to society.
(d) He owed service to society.

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

3. How did Baltimore, Norfolk, and Alexandria benefit from increased colonial marketing?
(a) They became destinations for immigrants.
(b) More money is spent in them.
(c) They became booming ports.
(d) They attracted more lucrative businesses.

4. How did the American colonies react to the intrusion of royal authority in 1763?
(a) Asked for it.
(b) Didn't accept it.
(c) Ignored it.
(d) Welcomed it.

5. What kinds of laws were proposed in colonial America to curb spending?
(a) Sumptuary laws.
(b) Monetary laws.
(c) Speculative laws.
(d) Pecuniary laws.

Short Answer Questions

1. What circumstance was unknown in small scale colonial American society?

2. Who argued that Britain was an unnatural parent?

3. Who vigorously denounced the Stamp Act riots in 1765?

4. In colonial America, who was rescued from poverty as a fourteen-year-old boy, only to become one of Virginia's most distinguished leaders?

5. How was the Anglican church part of politics in Britain?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did colonial inland trade change after 1745?

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

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

5. What characterized colonial American tenantry?

6. Why was traditional hierarchical authority brought to question throughout the 18th century?

7. Describe the different categories of merchants in colonial America.

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

9. What was the thinking of many colonial American Protestants towards child rearing?

10. What was the relationship of farmers and merchants in colonial America?

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