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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the late 1760s, who dismissed people's right to participate in government if they didn't have a liberal arts education?
(a) Abraham Bishop.
(b) Matthew Lyon.
(c) William Drayton.
(d) George Warner.

2. What was the main source of instability and anxiety in revolutionary America?
(a) Pervasive equality.
(b) Religious dissent.
(c) Conspicuous consumption.
(d) Ostentatious aristocracy.

3. What was it called when Ben Franklin appointed his friends and family to official positions after he became Deputy Postmaster General of North America?
(a) Paucity.
(b) Consequentialism.
(c) Patronage.
(d) Prerogativism.

4. In colonial America, what emerged after politics cease to be a contest among prominent families?
(a) Honest officials.
(b) Money for good causes.
(c) Political parties.
(d) Fair laws.

5. In the 1790s, who proclaimed that every man and woman in every society ought to work?
(a) Edward Everett.
(b) Parson Weems.
(c) Benjamin Rush.
(d) John Adams.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many Boston merchants were named in the Massachusetts Banishment Act of 1778?

3. Who did the American colonists blame when the wrong people held office?

4. In colonial America, a person who didn't have to work for a living still held what responsibility?

5. What was critical to the success of colonial American office holders?

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