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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which two people denounced the Neutrality Proclamation in writing?
(a) Madison and Monroe.
(b) Jefferson and Hamilton.
(c) Jefferson and Madison.
(d) Monroe and Hamilton.

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

3. What group did the Indians hate the most in 1783?
(a) British Canada.
(b) Spanish Louisiana.
(c) The French.
(d) The United States.

4. How many miles did Washington keep travel after leaving Philadelphia?
(a) 1,500 miles.
(b) 2,000 miles.
(c) 1,887 miles.
(d) 1,777 miles.

5. Who was noted as being an "Anglophobe"?
(a) John Adams.
(b) James Madison.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) George Washington.

6. What did Washington do with his fork during the tea party?
(a) He through the fork at someone.
(b) He ate with the fork.
(c) He played with the fork.
(d) He dropped the fork on the floor.

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

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

9. What did the British say they would do once the peace treaty was signed?
(a) Leave Philadelphia.
(b) Attack New York.
(c) Attack Trenton.
(d) Evacuate New York.

10. What city's newspaper did Washington release his farewell address?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Charleston.
(c) Annapolis.
(d) New York.

11. How many pounds of sterling did Washington loose during the war?
(a) 10,000 pounds.
(b) 25,000 pounds.
(c) 5,000 pounds.
(d) 15,000 pounds.

12. After Washington left New York in 1783, where did he go?
(a) Newburgh.
(b) Annapolis.
(c) Trenton.
(d) Philadelphia.

13. What city was near the "fall line" of navigable rivers?
(a) New York City.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Trenton.

14. Who became one of Washington's financial advisers?
(a) Benjamin Franklin.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Alexander Hamilton.
(d) James Madison.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What imaginary line was the border for very little capital investment?

2. What was Washington glad that John Adams didn't want from the presidential mansion?

3. Who was seen as Washington's only rival in leadership at the convention?

4. What did the convention scrap after five days of meeting?

5. Whose resignation did Washington receive on July 31, 1793?

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