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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the letter that Pickering gave Washington reveal?
(a) Bradford was a traitor.
(b) Randolph was a traitor.
(c) Hamilton was a traitor.
(d) Wolcott was a traitor.

2. What British governmental decree permitted the removal of goods from neutral bottoms?
(a) Provision Order.
(b) Federalist Order.
(c) Neutrality Order.
(d) Consolato del Mare.

3. How long was the published pamphlet that angrily attacked George Washington?
(a) 100 pages.
(b) 75 pages.
(c) 103 pages.
(d) 50 pages.

4. Who were people personally upset with concerning the Jay Treaty?
(a) John Jay.
(b) Edmund Randolph.
(c) Oliver Wolcott Jr.
(d) George Washington.

5. On what day in 1783 did Washington arrive in Mount Vernon?
(a) Christmas Day.
(b) New Years Day.
(c) Christmas Eve.
(d) His birthday.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Washington have surgery in 1789?

3. Who was appointed Minister to Holland?

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

5. What were Washington's feelings on attending the Constitutional Convention?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what the Provision Order permitted.

2. Describe Hamilton's role in helping Washington write his farewell speech.

3. How did Randolph react after returning to the President's room after reading the letter stating that Randolph was a traitor?

4. Describe Washington's "taste" in art.

5. What was Washington's cabinets reaction to rescinding the Provision Order?

6. Why did Alexander Hamilton oppose the idea of "discrimination"?

7. Describe the role of Gouverneur Morris in 1791.

8. Why would it have been difficult for Washington to call a special session of Congress?

9. What was the Pennsylvania Democratic Society?

10. Why was Jefferson concerned about President Washington's trip to the southern states?

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