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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. Which division of American society contained rocky fields with no agricultural aristocracy?
(a) The Frontier.
(b) New England.
(c) The South.
(d) Middle colonies.

2. In May of 1778, which country recognized the independence of the United States?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) Germany.

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

4. What did the Secretary of Treasury urge Congress to charter?
(a) A new blacksmith company.
(b) A new canal company.
(c) The Bank of the United States.
(d) A new agricultural company.

5. Where did Washington buy his best clothes?
(a) Countries abroad.
(b) A local store near Mount Vernon.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) A local store in Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which city's merchants established a paper money system that would not depreciate?

2. What name was given to Washington's most effective spies?

3. How many well-fed and well-armed men did Washington have at West Point?

4. After the British raiders attacked the legislature, where did Thomas Jefferson flee?

5. On what day in 1783 did Washington arrive in Mount Vernon?

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