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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. How was high office in colonial America considered?
(a) As a profession and profit.
(b) As an honor and privilege.
(c) As a sacrifice and burden.
(d) As a right and responsibility.

3. How did non-English colonial Americans feel about the monarchy?
(a) They had great respect for it.
(b) They had no attachment to it.
(c) They hoped it will continue.
(d) They wished it were abolished.

4. Who wrote about the irreligious "Wild Woods" of the Carolina back country?
(a) Mason Woodward.
(b) Charles Woodmason.
(c) Charles Masonward.
(d) Woodward Charleston.

5. In colonial America, what was done with a political effigy?
(a) It was buried.
(b) It was burned.
(c) It was hanged.
(d) It was pubically beaten.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who must yield power for a government to be good?

2. How did Colonel Landon Carter express his confusion about child rearing in colonial society?

3. Who was governor of Massachusetts during the Boston Tea Party?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How was republicanism defined at the time of the American Revolution?

2. What happened in literature following Britain's Glorious Revolution of 1688?

3. In small face-to-face colonial society, give two examples of how official and personal affairs combined.

4. In colonial America, what was the purpose of the pillory or whipping post?

5. What was the relationship of farmers and merchants in colonial America?

6. How was the term 'gentleman' redefined in the 16th century?

7. Why did colonists so eagerly desire titles or distinctions?

8. What did John Locke write about child rearing?

9. Describe the different categories of merchants in colonial America.

10. How was family defined in colonial America?

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