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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said America was "just emerging from the rude unpolished condition of an infant country"?
(a) Jonathan Mayhew.
(b) Joseph Addison.
(c) George Washington.
(d) William Livingston.

2. How did the American colonies react to the intrusion of royal authority in 1763?
(a) Welcomed it.
(b) Asked for it.
(c) Ignored it.
(d) Didn't accept it.

3. What year was the Continental Congress?
(a) 1775.
(b) 1773.
(c) 1774.
(d) 1772.

4. What supported the colonial southern plantations that made networks of influence unnecessary?
(a) Farming.
(b) Outside investors.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Family networks.

5. What were those who opposed the Anglican church called?
(a) Converts.
(b) Heretics.
(c) Dissenters.
(d) Proselytes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In colonial America, what were women considered from a legal standpoint?

2. How was intermarriage and inbreeding looked upon by colonial gentry?

3. Who was the head of a colonial household?

4. How did colonial Americans look on black slavery?

5. In colonial America, which pairs of words were "opposites and irreconcilable"?

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