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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Whiskey Rebellion, The Democratic Societies, A Disastrous Document and Tragedy with a Friend.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year did the Second Continental Congress meet?
(a) 1775.
(b) 1773.
(c) 1776.
(d) 1774.

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

3. Who was seen as Washington's only rival in leadership at the convention?
(a) John Adams.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) James Madison.
(d) Alexander Hamilton.

4. What art did George Washington learn as a teenager?
(a) Surveying.
(b) Singing.
(c) Painting.
(d) Fighting.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did d'Estaing spend the winter of 1779?

2. What did the convention scrap after five days of meeting?

3. Who was appointed to succeed Jefferson as Secretary of State?

4. Who did Washington hire as a secretary?

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

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