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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 religious belief did Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin hold?
(a) Puritan.
(b) Deist.
(c) Christian.
(d) Anglican.
2. How did Baltimore, Norfolk, and Alexandria benefit from increased colonial marketing?
(a) They became booming ports.
(b) More money is spent in them.
(c) They became destinations for immigrants.
(d) They attracted more lucrative businesses.
3. In colonial America, what emerged after politics cease to be a contest among prominent families?
(a) Money for good causes.
(b) Political parties.
(c) Honest officials.
(d) Fair laws.
4. What were colonial American rulers always concerned about regarding their positions?
(a) There would be plots against them.
(b) There would be conspiracies agains the people they govern.
(c) The finances to run their office.
(d) The collapse of the government.
5. How did fathers among colonial gentry control their adult children?
(a) They threathened disinheritance.
(b) They took them to court.
(c) They took away their possessions.
(d) They used corporal punishment.
Short Answer Questions
1. How was the Anglican church part of politics in Britain?
2. At the middle of the 18th century, what did many revolutionary leaders feel the colonies still needed?
3. How could a person be mobile in colonial society?
4. What happened in colonial America when more and more people demanded land?
5. In colonial America, what was absent between centralized and local authorities?
Short Essay Questions
1. How was mid-18th century colonial America a traditional society?
2. Give examples of the patronage Ben Franklin practiced when he became Deputy Postmaster General of North America.
3. How was family defined in colonial America?
4. Why was the family household in colonial America the place where most work was done?
5. In colonial America, what was an entailed estate?
6. What was the responsibility of the government under a monarchy?
7. What were the distinctions between colonial American aristocracy and British aristocracy?
8. What characterized colonial American tenantry?
9. What was the golden age of Roman literature?
10. What was the relationship of farmers and merchants in colonial America?
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