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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Social Man, Infighting Foreshadowed, The Great Schism Opens and Europeans and Indians.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What cash crop did Washington rely on for the most profit?
(a) Beans.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Sugar cane.
(d) Corn.

2. What did the American colonists throw overboard into the Boston Harbor?
(a) Corn.
(b) Tea.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Tobacco.

3. How many times was George Washington's father married?
(a) 1 time.
(b) 2 times.
(c) 3 times.
(d) 2 times.

4. Who did Washington marry?
(a) Mary Dandridge Custis.
(b) Betsy Ross.
(c) Sally Fairfax.
(d) Martha Dandridge Custis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Washington send as an envoy to France?

2. Who covered his face in fear that Washington had been killed?

3. Which city was named the permanent capital in 1790?

4. What time was dinner usually served at Mount Vernon?

5. Which two states chartered the Potomac Canal Company?

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