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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. Who wrote "Common Sense"?
(a) Jeremy Belknap.
(b) Samuel Cooper.
(c) Robert Munsford.
(d) Thomas Paine.
2. How many American whiskey distilleries were there in 1830?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 15,000.
3. Who drew up the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
(a) Charles Carroll.
(b) George Mason.
(c) William Livingston.
(d) James Cheetham.
4. When was the Virgina constitution written?
(a) 1778.
(b) 1775.
(c) 1776.
(d) 1774.
5. What was the population of America in 1810?
(a) 8 million.
(b) 7 million.
(c) 6 million.
(d) 5 million.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who called traditional ties of a monarchical society "bonds of blood, family, and personal influence"?
2. In 1800, what percent of the American labor force was in farming?
3. Who said that the secret of America's prosperity was the celebration of work?
4. The "Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation" was a key document for which man?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the reason for the American 'economic miracle' of the 19th century?
2. On what precept was freemasonry organized?
3. According to John Toland, what is the difference between a man who is free and one who is dependent?
4. Why have historians criticized John Hancock?
5. In colonial America, how did the meaning of the word civility change in the last half of the 18th century?
6. How did the opinion of a traditional gentleman's assumption of leisure change towards the end of the 18th century?
7. Why did American office holders from 1776 on urge their republican governments to not only pay salaries but to keep raising them?
8. By the end of the 18th century, what was the source of the American aristocracy's downfall?
9. What was hoped to replace fear and favor in enlightened colonial American society? How would the replacement be manifested?
10. How did early Americans' views of the government change after the Revolution?
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