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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 was opposed to the idea of "discrimination" with regard to finances?
(a) James Madison.
(b) John Adams.
(c) Alexander Hamilton.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

2. Which two countries began battling in the United States in 1755?
(a) France and Spain.
(b) Germany and Spain.
(c) England and Spain.
(d) France and England.

3. Which person surprised the British at Stony Point?
(a) Lord Cornwallis.
(b) General Washington.
(c) General Anthony Wayne.
(d) Thomas Conway.

4. How did Washington's wife react to Washington's new role as head of the Continental Army?
(a) Told George's mother and she stopped him from fighting.
(b) Told George that he was on his own.
(c) Was upset and reluctantly supported Washington.
(d) United with Washington to help the revolutionary effort.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did Washington live in fear of daily?

4. Who did Washington choose to begin planning the "Federal city"?

5. To whom did Washington sell his extra produce?

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