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

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

3. What were the religious upheavals in the colonies eventually called?

4. What characteristic of their heritage did colonial Americans in New England cling to?

5. What did colonial religious sects have in common?

Short Essay Questions

1. What characterized colonial American tenantry?

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

3. What did John Locke write about child rearing?

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

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

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

7. How was individual governmental service defined under the monarchy?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What considerations and decisions by others and George Washington, himself, led to Washington's nomination to be President?

Essay Topic 2

How was James Guild's rise from humble origins to respectability typical of the American dream? What were the steps of his journey and how did they typify the hopes of other humbly born Americans?

Essay Topic 3

How was the paternal, face-to-face nature of early colonial American society demonstrated by Henry Laurens' acts during the Stamp Act riot in 1765? What specifically did he do and what was the reaction of the rioters? How did the outcome reveal the intact hierarchical structure?

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