The Radicalism of the American Revolution Test | Final Test - Easy

Gordon S. Wood
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The Radicalism of the American Revolution Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said America, "hath a blank sheet to write upon"?
(a) Thomas Paine.
(b) John Adams.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Lord Chesterfield.

2. In 1774 Philadelphia, what was the Philadelphia Committee of Nineteen?
(a) A loyalist organization.
(b) A trade organization.
(c) A resistance organization.
(d) A religious organization.

3. When was the Virgina constitution written?
(a) 1774.
(b) 1775.
(c) 1778.
(d) 1776.

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

5. What did Leverett Saltonstall call "the great bond of civil society"?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Individual conscience.
(d) Democracy.

6. How many American whiskey distilleries were there in 1830?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 15,000.

7. What did conservatives say caused the degeneration of standards that were tainting America?
(a) The Federalists.
(b) Democracy.
(c) The French Revolution.
(d) The Constitution.

8. Who resigned from Congress in 1778 because he did not feel he could be a good Congressman because of necessity he was also compelled to practice law?
(a) David Hume.
(b) Thomas Stone.
(c) James Iredell.
(d) John Jebb.

9. What contributed to America's economic troubles in the 1780s?
(a) The end of the war.
(b) The establishment of a new government.
(c) The withdrawal of loyalist's monies.
(d) The absence of manufacturing.

10. What sail maker spoke for all industrious working men in 1797?
(a) Matthew Lyon.
(b) George Warner.
(c) Abraham Bishop.
(d) William Drayton.

11. What year was the Continental Congress?
(a) 1775.
(b) 1774.
(c) 1772.
(d) 1773.

12. Who said, "We see with other eyes; we hear with other ears"?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Thomas Paine.
(c) John Adams.
(d) Lord Chesterfield.

13. When did the first American Congress meet?
(a) 1788.
(b) 1786.
(c) 1789.
(d) 1787.

14. Who said that "Benevolence is the Cement and Support of . . . the Great Community of mankind"?
(a) James Allen.
(b) Samuel Cooper.
(c) Israel Williams.
(d) John Quincy Adams.

15. Who said that after the revolution people were changed form subjects to citizens?
(a) David Ramsey.
(b) Moses Cooper.
(c) William Henry Drayton.
(d) John Adams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the main source of instability and anxiety in revolutionary America?

2. Who called traditional ties of a monarchical society "bonds of blood, family, and personal influence"?

3. Whose play "Cato" taught George Washington what it meant to be liberal and virtuous?

4. Which President said, "Parties would always exist"?

5. How many Boston merchants were named in the Massachusetts Banishment Act of 1778?

(see the answer keys)

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