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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. What religious belief did Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin hold?
2. What were colonial American rulers always concerned about regarding their positions?
3. During the war against France, what did farmers buy after they sold their surplus to the British troops?
4. What percentage of 18th century colonial Americans were employed in farming?
5. From which business did Ben Franklin eventually retire?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the thinking of many colonial American Protestants towards child rearing?
2. What was the golden age of Roman literature?
3. Give examples of the patronage Ben Franklin practiced when he became Deputy Postmaster General of North America.
4. How was patriarchy within the colonial family unit challenged during the 18th century?
5. What was characteristic of economic exchanges in colonial America?
6. How had the definition of aristocracy in colonial America changed by the 18th century?
7. Before the revolution, what did the aristocracy think of the common people?
8. How did religion in colonial America support the authority and order of the monarchy?
9. What was the difference between morality under a republic rather than a monarchy?
10. Describe the different categories of merchants in colonial America.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How did the republicanism of the English constitution make the English monarchy unique among the other European monarchies and hold both monarchical and republican values together in the English culture?
Essay Topic 2
The monarchy's social cement of family, force, patronage, and dependence had made it powerful. After the revolution, what new social adhesive in colonial America replaced the monarchy? How was this replacement accomplished?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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