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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 became a surrogate religion for colonial Americans suspicious of traditional Christianity?

2. Who became the richest man in Gloucester, R.I., just a few years before the revolution?

3. Who said America, "hath a blank sheet to write upon"?

4. Which President said, "Parties would always exist"?

5. What was the most radical ideology initiated by the Revolution?

Short Essay Questions

1. By the end of the 18th century, what was the source of the American aristocracy's downfall?

2. How did the opinion of a traditional gentleman's assumption of leisure change towards the end of the 18th century?

3. What did the American westward movement of the early 19th century do to traditional forms of social organization?

4. What social conditions which normally precipitate a revolution were absent during the American Revolution?

5. How did the numerous bankruptcies and financial collapses of the 1790s contribute to the democratization of America?

6. In colonial America, how did the meaning of the word civility change in the last half of the 18th century?

7. Why did American office holders from 1776 on urge their republican governments to not only pay salaries but to keep raising them?

8. After the signing of the Declaration of Independence, why did the revolutionary leaders almost immediately begin to doubt that their hope of a utopian America would be realized?

9. How was liberalism measured during the Enlightenment?

10. What does this quote mean? "Idolatry to Monarchs, and servility to Aristocratic Pride was never so totally eradicated from so many in so short a time."

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the beginning of the 19th century, what massive economic changes took place that affected the mind and character of Americans? Include technology, transportation, and commerce in your explanation.

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

At the beginning of the 18th century, colonial society was only a pale reflection of British society. American patronage and hierarchies were unstable. Explain how some aspects of American society were striving to emulate their British counterparts while at the same time other powerful republican forces in society were attempting to change the very fabric of colonial America.

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