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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. 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. Who was George Washington's father?
(a) George Washington Sr.
(b) Augustine Washington.
(c) John Washington.
(d) James Washington.

3. Eight thousand ____________________ mercenaries joined the British army while Washington tried to hold New York.
(a) French.
(b) Hessian.
(c) Russian.
(d) Prussian.

4. Washington's father had _______________ children with Washington's mother.
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

5. In what month and year was the portrait of George Washington painted?
(a) July ,1776.
(b) April, 1799.
(c) December, 1789.
(d) March, 1793.

Short Answer Questions

1. Washington organized his own group of aides to include Captain Alexander Hamilton and____________________.

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

3. Where did the British troops go after Washington's army drove them out of Boston?

4. Whom did Washington marry?

5. Which of the following was NOT an issue that Washington battled with Congress over?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to raise morale among Washington's troops as they struggled to hold New York?

2. How did the lack of a formal education impact Washington's feelings about himself throughout his life?

3. What difficult issues did Washington face regarding his stepchildren during this period?

4. What were the circumstances in which Washington inherited Mount Vernon?

5. What was Washington's pattern of wins and defeats in the early stages of the war?

6. Which two women were important in Washington's personal life as a young adult?

7. How did Washington become leader of the Continental Army and what were his immediate challenges?

8. Which woman did Washington choose to marry?

9. How was Washington's slave population impacted when he married Martha and how did he view himself as a slave owner?

10. Who were George Washington's parents and how many siblings did he have?

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