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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What relationship did the British farmer have with the land he worked?
(a) He lent it.
(b) He borrowed it.
(c) He was the owner.
(d) He was a tenant.

2. What did John Locke write about the common moral sense of every man?
(a) That men are disposed to do good.
(b) That men are disposed to do bad.
(c) That men must be taught what is good and bad.
(d) That men are amoral.

3. What percent of the American colonial population was poor?
(a) 5%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 15%.

4. What did the colonial American courts treat more seriously than violent acts?
(a) Profanity.
(b) Disobedience.
(c) Cheating.
(d) Laziness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the head of a colonial household?

2. Who said about Americans that their "universal roar is Commerce"?

3. When first offered, why did Ben Franklin say he would not accept the military rank of colonel?

4. Originally in colonial America, how were gentlemen to treat inferiors and subordinates?

5. What was another name for colonial commoners?

(see the answer key)

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