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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was appointed Minister to Holland?
(a) Gouverneur Morris
(b) William Short.
(c) Thomas Pinckney.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

2. From which country did Washington obtain a mule as a gift?
(a) Italy.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Spain.

3. What did Jefferson study while in Europe?
(a) Law.
(b) Art.
(c) Architecture.
(d) Music.

4. Who was appointed to succeed Jefferson as Secretary of State?
(a) John Jay.
(b) Edmund Randolph.
(c) Robert Livingston.
(d) Thomas Johnson.

5. Who led the Federalists to put pressure on Washington calm Congress down?
(a) James Madison.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) John Jay.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

6. After finding out his new estate manager was ill, Washington traveled to Mount Vernon for how many days?
(a) 10 days.
(b) 14 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 5 days.

7. What was Washington's main reason for seeking retirement?
(a) Low public opinion.
(b) Loss of mental power.
(c) Fear of being killed.
(d) Fear of anarchy.

8. What were Washington's feelings on attending the Constitutional Convention?
(a) He dreaded attending.
(b) He was anxious to attend.
(c) He was excited to attend.
(d) He felt obligated to attend.

9. Who reported to the British government that the U.S. would agree to a "watered down" neutrality?
(a) George Hammond.
(b) James Monroe.
(c) General Howe.
(d) John Jay.

10. What disease plagued the area around Mount Vernon in 1793?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Hepatitis.
(c) Yellow fever.
(d) Syphilis.

11. What did Washington see the national capital as?
(a) A place to reconcile disagreements.
(b) A place to physically fight.
(c) A place to argue.
(d) A place to protest.

12. Which city was named the permanent capital in 1790?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) Newport.
(c) Boston.
(d) Philadelphia.

13. Who did Washington choose to begin planning the "Federal city"?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) Lafayette.
(d) Pierre Charles L'Enfant.

14. Who wrote "the tree of liberty had to be watered by human blood"?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) James Madison.
(c) John Adams.
(d) George Washington.

15. Who was surprised that Washington ratified the Jay Treaty?
(a) Bradford.
(b) Hamilton.
(c) Randolph.
(d) Wolcott.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two states chartered the Potomac Canal Company?

2. Where did Edmund Charles Genet's warship land?

3. What did the British say they would do once the peace treaty was signed?

4. What was the name of the group founded by supporters of Genet?

5. How many French warships appeared in the New York Harbor in 1793?

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