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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. Who sat in the reserved seat to the right of Martha Washington at her tea parties?
(a) The mayor of Philadelphia's wife.
(b) George Washington.
(c) The wife of John Jay.
(d) Abigail Adams.

2. Who fought Washington on the idea of establishing a long-term army?
(a) John Adams.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Alexander Hamilton.
(d) James Madison.

3. What was the name of the movement to take Washington out of power?
(a) Conway Controversy.
(b) Greene's Gambles.
(c) Conway Cabal.
(d) Down with Washington.

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

5. What city were the Hessian soldiers encamped in 1777?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Yorktown.
(d) Trenton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which division of American society contained rocky fields with no agricultural aristocracy?

2. Who wrote "the tree of liberty had to be watered by human blood"?

3. Who died on the day Washington began his vacation in 1781?

4. Which state boycotted the convention?

5. In December of 1776, Washington's troops crossed which body of water?

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