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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. What was the most radical change brought about by the Revolution?
(a) The upper class no longer felt superior.
(b) Common people no longer felt inferior.
(c) The upper class must share their status with commoners.
(d) Common people had the same opportunities as the upper class.

2. What percent of the American colonial population was poor?
(a) 15%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 5%.
(d) 20%.

3. What did the original American colonists pride themselves as being?
(a) Righteous with values and morals.
(b) Fortunate with possessions and families.
(c) Patriots with abilties and drives.
(d) Free men with rights and liberties.

4. How were domestic servants treated in colonial America as compared to Europe at that same time?
(a) With more kindness and compassion.
(b) With fewer accommodations and conveniences.
(c) With more brutality and humiliation.
(d) With less free time and days off.

5. Who was the most popular and powerful man in Massachusetts during the last quarter of the 18th century?
(a) John Hancock.
(b) Ben Franklin.
(c) Henry McCulloch.
(d) Thomas Hutchinson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did fathers among colonial gentry control their adult children?

3. Who was governor of Massachusetts during the Boston Tea Party?

4. What were those who opposed the Anglican church called?

5. What kinds of laws were proposed in colonial America to curb spending?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was the responsibility of the government under a monarchy?

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

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

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

7. How was family defined in colonial America?

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

9. What were the distinctions between colonial American aristocracy and British aristocracy?

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

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