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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Colonel Landon Carter express his confusion about child rearing in colonial society?

2. What was the ideology of the Enlightenment?

3. In colonial America, why did officer holders receive honors and titles?

4. How was high office in colonial America considered?

5. In colonial America, what was commonly manufactured in enormous quantities by the farming population?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did John Locke write about child rearing?

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

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

4. How did wealthy commoners in the colonies try to gain status as gentlemen?

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

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

7. In colonial America, what was the purpose of the pillory or whipping post?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how family networks in the colonies were used in politics. Cite the details of one specific family from the book and give descriptions of the network that generally apply.

Essay Topic 2

Contrast American competition for public office with that kind of competition in England. What about the new American government led to the differences? How did political parties exacerbate the competition? How did politicians' ultimate view of office differ from the British view of office?

Essay Topic 3

By the early 19th century, how were the productive classes, those people working in a useful occupation, looked upon? How was the definition of work changed from the beginning of the 18th century? What virtue did work now imply?

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