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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By 1800, what percent of the Philadelphia labor force were indentured servants?
(a) 2%.
(b) 3%.
(c) 1%.
(d) 4%.

2. After retiring, what does Ben Franklin do that later embarrasses him?
(a) Commission a house.
(b) Commission a uniform.
(c) Commission a special gun.
(d) Commission a portrait.

3. When did Americans begin to call for the boycotting of British goods?
(a) When artisans in Philadelphia won four city offices.
(b) When the Stamp Act was issued.
(c) When the Patriotic Society was formed.
(d) When Mechanics Hall became a meeting place.

4. Who rejected "ancient prejudices" that supported hereditary monarchy?
(a) Thomas Paine.
(b) Ben Franklin.
(c) Jonathan Sewell.
(d) John Locke.

5. What would eventually secure the people's right to participate in government?
(a) The right to vote.
(b) Religious freedom.
(c) Legal documents.
(d) The right to own property.

Short Answer Questions

1. What spending trend in colonial America did social conservatives condemn?

2. How was intermarriage and inbreeding looked upon by colonial gentry?

3. In colonial America, why did officer holders receive honors and titles?

4. What supported the colonial southern plantations that made networks of influence unnecessary?

5. What was the highest level of knowledge of a trade in colonial America?

(see the answer key)

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