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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. Franklin established a militia to protect the English colonies from who?
(a) French, Indians.
(b) Spanish, French.
(c) Spanish, Germans.
(d) Germans, French.

2. Franklin said he felt he and other inventors needed to be _____, and therefore he would not profit from his inventions?
(a) "The chance to serve others through an invention is gift to us."
(b) "Glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours."
(c) "We should all use our talent enabling the improvement of others."
(d) "We should be grateful to aid others through our inventions."

3. The governor and Franklin sat down with Loudoun and discussed their arguments, and Franklin took what position for the Assembly?
(a) The colonists had certain rights.
(b) The colonists felt they could govern themselves.
(c) The colonists recognized the King, but also had rights.
(d) The colonists sought only to live frugally.

4. Where did Franklin meet Braddock and gained the general's trust?
(a) Maryland.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) New York.

5. Franklin's men complied, but it rained, and how many of the farmers were killed due to guns that failed?
(a) Nearly all.
(b) All of them.
(c) All but 1.
(d) Several.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Franklin regret about his son who died?

2. Franklin recorded they arrived in London on July 27 of what year?

3. Why was England increasingly suspicious of the colonies' intentions, especially when Franklin was escorted to a ferry by an honor guard?

4. Franklin wrote papers of all his discoveries which became famous around the globe, so much that renowned scholars began to doubt what?

5. What did the new governor present to Franklin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sort of education system did Franklin develop?

2. What were some of the improvements to Philadelphia that Franklin participated in?

3. How did Franklin respond to the British reaction to their suspicions of the American colonies?

4. What was Franklin able to do once he had sold most of his businesses?

5. What did Franklin relate regarding his famous Franklin stove?

6. What did Franklin relate regarding his appointment to the position of clerk of the General Assembly?

7. What was one instance Franklin related about government officials skirting the technicalities of legal requirements?

8. What were some of the accomplishments Franklin had to praise about the Reverend Mr. Whitefield?

9. When troubles arose between the Assembly and Captain Denny, what initially took place when Lord Loudoun was sent over from England?

10. What transpired when the colonies proposed their united government to the British crown?

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