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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, The President: Chapters 46-63.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the royal governor disbanded the House of Burgesses for the second time, Washington and several other men met secretly and agreed to ______________________.
(a) Cease all imports.
(b) Establish a local government.
(c) Meet with the King of England.
(d) Tax tea.

2. Washington and his men spent the Winter of 1779 in which New Jersey town?
(a) Bayonne.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Morristown.
(d) Trenton.

3. What was the name of Washington's home?
(a) Fairfax Glen.
(b) Monticello.
(c) Mount Vernon.
(d) White House Farm.

4. Washington and his army spent the Winter of ________________ in Valley Forge.
(a) 1781.
(b) 1773.
(c) 1777.
(d) 1788.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Washington proved himself to be a strong leader despite the ___________________ of those surrounding him.

2. Washington looked to his home as a way of creating for himself the appearance of a_______________________.

3. In the Spring of 1780, Cornwallis and Clinton took a flotilla to ______________________.

4. Why was Washington envious of Jacky Custis?

5. What event occurred which sent shockwaves through the colonies after the royal governor disbanded the House of Burgesses?

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