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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. Historically, what do good Englishmen do?
(a) Build their economy.
(b) Fortify their defenses.
(c) Help the downtrodden.
(d) Resist tyranny.

2. Who said that the mind could be cultivated like a garden?
(a) John Adams.
(b) Thomas Paine.
(c) Lord Chesterfield.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

3. Who had an international reputation as a hero in the 1780s?
(a) John Adams.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Ben Franklin.

4. In colonial America, what was absent between centralized and local authorities?
(a) Agreement.
(b) Harmony.
(c) Stability.
(d) Cooperation.

5. How did colonial Americans look on black slavery?
(a) As an institution which needs legislation.
(b) As just another form of dependency.
(c) As a necessary evil.
(d) As an abomination.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Seven Years War take place?

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

3. What characteristic of their heritage did colonial Americans in New England cling to?

4. How did the grandest colonial American estates compare to traditional British estates?

5. Whose play "Cato" taught George Washington what it meant to be liberal and virtuous?

(see the answer key)

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