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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. Who vigorously denounced the Stamp Act riots in 1765?
(a) Daniel Moore.
(b) Henry Laurens.
(c) Thomas Hutchison.
(d) James Otis.

2. In the 18th century, what did the golden age of Roman literature speak about?
(a) Scientific and historic discoveries.
(b) Moral and ethical issues.
(c) Political and social ideals.
(d) Religious and emotional decisions.

3. What relationship did the British farmer have with the land he worked?
(a) He lent it.
(b) He was a tenant.
(c) He was the owner.
(d) He borrowed it.

4. From which business did Ben Franklin eventually retire?
(a) Store owner.
(b) Bookbinding.
(c) Printing.
(d) Banking.

5. Who rejected "ancient prejudices" that supported hereditary monarchy?
(a) Thomas Paine.
(b) Ben Franklin.
(c) Jonathan Sewell.
(d) John Locke.

Short Answer Questions

1. In colonial America, what outweighed the concern for family lineage?

2. What happened in colonial America when more and more people demanded land?

3. How did the American colonies react to the intrusion of royal authority in 1763?

4. Who must yield power for a government to be good?

5. In colonial America, what were women considered from a legal standpoint?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the term 'gentleman' redefined in the 16th century?

2. How was patriarchy within the colonial family unit challenged during the 18th century?

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

4. What was the difference between morality under a republic rather than a monarchy?

5. How did Bernard Mandeville and David Hume feel about the common people buying luxuries?

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

7. What did John Locke write about child rearing?

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

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

10. What would a colonist do if someone spoke publicly against him?

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