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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A French Bombshell, Trouble All Around, A Tragic Departure and Opposite Hands Across the Ocean.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose resignation did Washington receive on July 31, 1793?
(a) Alexander Hamilton.
(b) John Jay.
(c) Henry Knox.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

2. Washington, after praising civilians and soldiers, wrote an angry letter to whom?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) John Adams.

3. Who led the Federalists to put pressure on Washington calm Congress down?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) John Jay.
(c) James Madison.
(d) Alexander Hamilton.

4. On September 15th, what key area did the British gain control?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) New York City.
(c) The Long Island shore.
(d) Philadelphia.

5. Who was appointed to succeed Jefferson as Secretary of State?
(a) Thomas Johnson.
(b) John Jay.
(c) Edmund Randolph.
(d) Robert Livingston.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years did Washington want military tours of duty to be?

2. What was Washington's defense against melancholy?

3. Who planned on hiring German or Russian soldiers to supplement British troops in Massachusetts?

4. After Washington left New York in 1783, where did he go?

5. What British governmental decree permitted the removal of goods from neutral bottoms?

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