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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. What was critical to the success of colonial American office holders?
(a) Personal accountability.
(b) Stable family life.
(c) Social respectability.
(d) Freedom from debt.

2. Who was the most popular and powerful man in Massachusetts during the last quarter of the 18th century?
(a) Thomas Hutchinson.
(b) Ben Franklin.
(c) Henry McCulloch.
(d) John Hancock.

3. In 1800, what percent of the American labor force was in farming?
(a) 75%.
(b) 80%.
(c) 70%.
(d) 85%.

4. The "Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation" was a key document for which man?
(a) Joseph Addison.
(b) William Livingston.
(c) Jonathan Mayhew.
(d) George Washington.

5. Historically, what kinds of men are guilty for all wars and tyrannies?
(a) Egotistical men.
(b) Extraordinary men.
(c) Educated men.
(d) Politically powerful men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was another name for colonial commoners?

2. Who argued that Britain was an unnatural parent?

3. In the late 1760s, who dismissed people's right to participate in government if they didn't have a liberal arts education?

4. Who vigorously denounced the Stamp Act riots in 1765?

5. What would eventually secure the people's right to participate in government?

(see the answer key)

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