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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1800, what percent of the American labor force was in farming?

2. What eventually became the sole criterion for the political worth of a person?

3. What most alarmed the American colonial gentry of the 1760s and 1770s?

4. What was the most radical ideology initiated by the Revolution?

5. What year was the Continental Congress?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did American office holders from 1776 on urge their republican governments to not only pay salaries but to keep raising them?

2. What did individual independence mean to revolutionaries?

3. What was the reason for the American 'economic miracle' of the 19th century?

4. In colonial America, how did the meaning of the word civility change in the last half of the 18th century?

5. On what precept was freemasonry organized?

6. What was the Constitution of 1787 suppose to mitigate?

7. How did the numerous bankruptcies and financial collapses of the 1790s contribute to the democratization of America?

8. What did the American westward movement of the early 19th century do to traditional forms of social organization?

9. According to John Toland, what is the difference between a man who is free and one who is dependent?

10. Towards the end of the 18th century and beginning of the 19th century, what was the result of Americans believing that every man was his own moral agent who was his own master in all respects and could dispose himself as he wished?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how family networks in the colonies were used in politics. Cite the details of one specific family from the book and give descriptions of the network that generally apply.

Essay Topic 2

After the Revolution, many believed that Americans' morals were being polluted and their liberties already eroding. Blame was placed on the influence of the French Revolution. Explain why the French Revolution was blamed and specifically how they influenced and affected American society. Give your opinion of the accusations, and the reasons for your opinions.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast how English aristocrats dominated and sustained their localities with how American aristocrats related to their localities.

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