Question

read the excerpt from \george washington.\
from 1759 to the outbreak of the american revolution,
washington managed his lands around mount vernon
and served in the virginia house of burgesses. married
to a widow, martha dandridge custis, he devoted
himself to a busy and happy life. but like his fellow
planters, washington felt himself exploited by british
merchants and hampered by british regulations. as the
quarrel with the mother country grew acute, he
moderately but firmly voiced his resistance to the
restrictions.
which provides the best objective summary of this
excerpt?
washington took care of his lands in virginia, where
he led a good life married to a widow named martha
dandridge custis.
as an established planter in virginia, washington
began to feel that british rules and policies were
unfair and he started to speak out against the them.
washington was right to speak out against the unfair
rules and policies that were forced on the colonies
by the british.
washington felt himself exploited by british
merchants and hampered by british regulations. as
the quarrel with the mother country grew acute, he
moderately but firmly voiced his resistance to the
british restrictions.

Explanation:

An objective summary presents facts without adding personal opinions.

• The first option only mentions his life in Virginia and marriage, missing the key point about his resistance to British rules.
• The second option is too general about "speaking out" without the specific context of feeling exploited and hampered as in the text.
• The third option includes a subjective judgment ("was right") which is not objective.
• The fourth option accurately and objectively restates the main points from the text: Washington's feelings of exploitation and hampering by British, and his voicing of resistance as the quarrel grew.

Answer:

Washington felt himself exploited by British merchants and hampered by British regulations. As the quarrel with the mother country grew acute, he moderately but firmly voiced his resistance to the British restrictions.