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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percentage of 18th century colonial Americans were employed in farming?
(a) 80%.
(b) 85%.
(c) 90%.
(d) 95%.

2. In colonial America, what was a self-made man called?
(a) An industrious Samuel.
(b) A poor Richard.
(c) A wealthy William.
(d) A lucky Tom.

3. How many loyalists left the colonies during the revolution?
(a) 90,000.
(b) 80,000.
(c) 60,000.
(d) 70,000.

4. Who was the head of a colonial household?
(a) The matriarch.
(b) The oldest grandfather.
(c) The patriarch.
(d) The parents.

5. In colonial America, how did parents view their power as parents?
(a) Limited monarchy.
(b) Equals within the family.
(c) Head of a democracy.
(d) Dictatorship.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the American colonies, what was the euphemistic name for every kind of personal connection, even if inherently unequal?

2. In colonial America, what were women considered from a legal standpoint?

3. What was another name for colonial commoners?

4. Who wrote about the irreligious "Wild Woods" of the Carolina back country?

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

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