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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who replaced Hamilton as Secretary of Treasury?
(a) John Adams.
(b) Edmund Randolph.
(c) Timothy Pickering.
(d) Oliver Wolcott Jr.

3. What did the convention scrap after five days of meeting?
(a) The Continental Army.
(b) The new peace treaty.
(c) The Constitution.
(d) The Articles of Confederation.

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

5. Who became the new Attorney General after the death of William Bradford?
(a) Charles Lee.
(b) Thomas Chase.
(c) James McHenry.
(d) Oliver Ellsworth.

6. The delegates argued not only during debates, but also argued over what?
(a) Taxation.
(b) Tavern tables.
(c) State issues.
(d) Gun rights.

7. When did word of a European country's revolution reach the U.S.?
(a) December 1792.
(b) June 1792.
(c) June 1776.
(d) December 1776.

8. Who did Washington appoint as Secretary of War?
(a) John Jay.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) Henry Knox.
(d) James Madison.

9. Which two states chartered the Potomac Canal Company?
(a) Maryland and Virginia.
(b) Delaware and Maryland.
(c) Delaware and Pennsylvania.
(d) Virginia and Pennsylvania.

10. What city did Washington ask his cabinet to meet?
(a) Annapolis.
(b) Germantown.
(c) Newburg.
(d) Mount Vernon.

11. Who was Monroe's house guest who was also known as a "radical" American citizen?
(a) Thomas Paine.
(b) John Sullivan.
(c) John Locke.
(d) Benjamin Franklin.

12. How did the people feel that Washington was living?
(a) Too extravagantly.
(b) Better than most of the people.
(c) A little below most of the people.
(d) About the same as many people.

13. Where did Washington send the order to allow Randolph to reveal the plans?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Annapolis.
(c) Mount Vernon.
(d) New York.

14. Who was responsible for representing Washington's government in Paris?
(a) James Monroe.
(b) James Madison.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Washington do with his fork during the tea party?

3. Washington was elected by the electoral college on February 4, 1789. On what day did Washington receive formal notification of his election?

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

5. After Washington left New York in 1783, where did he go?

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