1. A short time after the Battle of Monmouth, the _________________ reinforcements arrived to assist Washington.
(a) Hessian.
(b) Italian.
(c) French.
(d) German.

2. Which of the following did Washington's men NOT lack at Valley Forge?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Food.
(d) Weapons.

3. Washington saw himself as a/an _________________ slaveholder.
(a) Dictatorial.
(b) Absentee.
(c) Uninvolved.
(d) Kind.

4. Washington met with ____________________ who presented him with resolutions to be presented to the Fairfax County committee.
(a) Colonel Henry Madison.
(b) Colonel William Jeffries.
(c) Colonel James Todd.
(d) Colonel George Mason.

5. In 1765, to defray war costs, Parliament enacted the _____________________.
(a) Boston Tea Party.
(b) Declaration of Independence.
(c) American Federation Act.
(d) Stamp Act.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the envoy who Washington sent to England to demand the end of their seizing American ships and imprisoning American citizens they thought were British deserters?

2. What was the name of Washington's home?

3. Washington learned that Benedict Arnold had been conspiring with the British to capture ____________________.

4. Washington would spend the rest of his life in the role of ___________________________.

5. Which of the Founding Fathers achieved a pair of treaties with France, boosting morale at Valley Forge?

(see the answer key)

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