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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Heights, The Loss of Philadelphia and The Conway Cabal.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Washington was named head of the Continental Army, how did he feel?
(a) Happy.
(b) Unprepared.
(c) Ready to fight.
(d) Prepared.

3. Where did Washington believe the war would be won?
(a) In the minds of the people.
(b) In Boston.
(c) In Philadelphia.
(d) On the battlefield.

4. What did Washington warn his troops about as he settled them into their winter quarters?
(a) An eclipse.
(b) A hurricane.
(c) A British attack.
(d) Anarchy.

5. Who was in charge of the British forces in Germantown?
(a) General Howe.
(b) Lord Cornwallis.
(c) General Greene.
(d) Thomas Conway.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did the Second Continental Congress meet?

2. Where did Washington buy his best clothes?

3. To whom did Washington sell his extra produce?

4. Why was Washington chosen for his first military experience?

5. How many men made up the British army that occupied Germantown?

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