1. What does “freedom of the press” mean?

a. right to speak or print truth
b. right to free newspapers
c. right to a printing press
d. right to go anywhere

2. Phyllis Wheatley was a well known _____.

a. proprieter
b. governor
c. poet
d. musician

3. Who was allowed to vote in the colonial governments?

a. all the colonists
b. women, enslaved Africans, and Native Americans
c. white men
d. white men who owned property

4. John Locke believed that the main duty of the government was to __________.

a. protect its borders
b. protect the natural rights of its people
c. hold assemblies
d. supervise the courts

5. Phyllis Wheatley wrote poetry, urging the colonists to _________.

a. end slavery
b. change the voting system
c. fight for freedom
d. abandon the colonies and return to their homelands