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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mental Confusion, Politics at Sunset, Washington and Slavery and Death of a Hero.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many French warships appeared in the New York Harbor in 1793?
(a) Five warships.
(b) Ten warships.
(c) Fifteen warships.
(d) Three warships.

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

3. Who wrote Washington begging him to stay in office?
(a) Martha Washington.
(b) Peggy Shipman.
(c) Sally Fairfax.
(d) Eliza Powel.

4. Who realized that " Washington's magic was still so great that Congress would not vote to discharge him"?
(a) Mifflin.
(b) Gates.
(c) Cornwallis.
(d) Conway.

5. What imaginary line was the border for very little capital investment?
(a) Mason-Dixon line.
(b) No Compromise line.
(c) East-West line.
(d) North-South line.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did Washington marry?

3. What was George Washington's most prominent relative's occupation?

4. How many times was George Washington's father married?

5. When Washington was named head of the Continental Army, how did he feel?

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