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

2. What document, written by Thomas Paine, renewed patriotic enthusiasm?
(a) Rhetoric.
(b) Declaration of Independence.
(c) U.S. Constitution.
(d) Common Sense.

3. What city was near the "fall line" of navigable rivers?
(a) New York City.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Trenton.
(d) Alexandria.

4. What did the British say they would do once the peace treaty was signed?
(a) Attack New York.
(b) Leave Philadelphia.
(c) Evacuate New York.
(d) Attack Trenton.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Washington, after praising civilians and soldiers, wrote an angry letter to whom?

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

3. How did the rookie soldiers respond to the leader at the battle at New York City?

4. When did Washington receive a draft of the Declaration of Independence?

5. In December of 1776, Washington's troops crossed which body of water?

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