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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the speaker of the House of Burgess in 1766?
(a) Algernon Sidney.
(b) John Robinson.
(c) Richard Henry Lee.
(d) John Criswell.

2. What were colonial American rulers always concerned about regarding their positions?
(a) There would be plots against them.
(b) The collapse of the government.
(c) There would be conspiracies agains the people they govern.
(d) The finances to run their office.

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

4. What was democracy considered in the 18th century?
(a) A present condition of American life.
(b) A utopian term or society's hope.
(c) An impossible accomplishment to be dismissed.
(d) A technical term of political theory.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What religious belief did Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin hold?

2. Why was poverty considered a virtue for common colonial people?

3. How did non-English colonial Americans feel about the monarchy?

4. What defined modern politicians as "persons who have little, if any regard for the welfare of the republic unless immediately connected with . . . their own private pursuits"?

5. Who wrote "Common Sense"?

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