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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. In December of 1776, Washington's troops crossed which body of water?
(a) The Delaware River.
(b) Chesapeake Bay.
(c) The Potomac River.
(d) Boston Harbor.

2. After Washington left New York in 1783, where did he go?
(a) Newburgh.
(b) Trenton.
(c) Annapolis.
(d) Philadelphia.

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

4. What disease plagued Philadelphia in August 1793?
(a) Bubonic plague.
(b) Scarlet fever.
(c) Yellow fever.
(d) Hepatitis.

5. What was the name of the group founded by supporters of Genet?
(a) Delaware Republican Society.
(b) Pennsylvanians for Genet Society.
(c) The French Democratic Society.
(d) Pennsylvania Democratic Society.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Washington hire as a secretary?

2. What was Washington's defense against melancholy?

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

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

5. When Washington returned to New York City, what did the British do?

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