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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In colonial America, which pairs of words were "opposites and irreconcilable"?
(a) Tenant and dependency.
(b) Freedom and dependency.
(c) Indentured and dependency.
(d) Freedom and religion.

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

4. In colonial America, who were the protectors and creditors of common farmers?
(a) The merchants.
(b) The patrons.
(c) The great planters.
(d) The local government.

5. What did Ben Franklin say about government?
(a) It should be obeyed.
(b) It's a man-made contrivance.
(c) It should be abolished.
(d) It's a necessary evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who must yield power for a government to be good?

2. Historically, what kinds of men are guilty for all wars and tyrannies?

3. In colonial America, why did officer holders receive honors and titles?

4. Who was governor of Massachusetts during the Boston Tea Party?

5. How could a colonial adolescent master a particular skill or learn a discipline?

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