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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kinds of laws were proposed in colonial America to curb spending?
(a) Sumptuary laws.
(b) Speculative laws.
(c) Pecuniary laws.
(d) Monetary laws.

2. What was the highest level of knowledge of a trade in colonial America?
(a) Master.
(b) Expert.
(c) Journeyman.
(d) Apprentice.

3. What was another name for colonial commoners?
(a) Patricians.
(b) Serfs.
(c) Plebians.
(d) Egalitarians.

4. 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.

5. How did fathers among colonial gentry control their adult children?
(a) They took them to court.
(b) They took away their possessions.
(c) They threathened disinheritance.
(d) They used corporal punishment.

6. What was the primary nationality of the American colonists?
(a) Scottish.
(b) Irish.
(c) Europeans.
(d) English.

7. When first offered, why did Ben Franklin say he would not accept the military rank of colonel?
(a) He felt he should be a general.
(b) He didn't have enough money.
(c) He wasn't a gentleman.
(d) He didn't believe in the military.

8. In the 18th century, what did the golden age of Roman literature speak about?
(a) Political and social ideals.
(b) Religious and emotional decisions.
(c) Scientific and historic discoveries.
(d) Moral and ethical issues.

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

10. How did the grandest colonial American estates compare to traditional British estates?
(a) They were about the same size.
(b) They were much smaller.
(c) There were much larger.
(d) They were worth more.

11. What did Ben Franklin say about government?
(a) It's a necessary evil.
(b) It's a man-made contrivance.
(c) It should be obeyed.
(d) It should be abolished.

12. Who spoke for and was responsible for servants, slaves, and tenants?
(a) No one was responsible for them.
(b) They were responsible for themselves.
(c) The head of the household.
(d) The colonial government.

13. What percentage of northern colonists were aristocrats?
(a) 9%.
(b) 8%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 11%.

14. What happened in colonial America when more and more people demanded land?
(a) Common people became land owners.
(b) Land was controlled by the government.
(c) There wasn't enough land.
(d) Land prices went up.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ben Franklin was a boy, what important man discussed books with him?

2. What was the most radical change brought about by the Revolution?

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

4. Who bought the small planters tobacco crops rather than taking them on consignment?

5. In colonial America, a person who didn't have to work for a living still held what responsibility?

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