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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 was Washington reluctant to support in the early years of his Presidency?
(a) The Ohio Valley Treaty.
(b) British Import Act.
(c) The French Revolution.
(d) The Spanish Embargo Act.

2. What is a flotilla?
(a) A weapons wagon.
(b) A formation of small warships.
(c) A cannon.
(d) A unit of men.

3. Alexander Hamilton delivered the Report on Public Credit that included his assertion that the federal government should take on the states' debts ________________________.
(a) Left over from the Stamp Act.
(b) To build universities.
(c) For road construction.
(d) Incurred by the war.

4. Who was the commander of West Point in the Fall of 1780?
(a) Benjamin Franklin.
(b) Benedict Arnold.
(c) Paul Revere.
(d) Patrick Henry.

5. To deal with his discomfort with strangers, Washington confined social meetings to a weekly ________________ he would hold in his home each Tuesday.
(a) Cocktail party.
(b) Levee.
(c) Card party.
(d) Brunch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Washington and his men spent the Winter of 1779 in which New Jersey town?

2. What did Washington attend before leaving Philadelphia for retirement?

3. Why did Washington agree to host so many visitors at Mount Vernon after the war?

4. What part of the country was chosen as the permanent area for the capital?

5. Valley Forge is located in which state?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Washington so disgruntled with some of the people he and his soldiers were fighting for?

2. What was the condition of Mount Vernon upon Washington's return from war?

3. What did Washington do after he took the oath of office as president?

4. What did General Charles Lee do that put Washington's men into the heat of battle and for which Lee later faced a court martial?

5. How did Washington's actions regarding his slaves not belie his true feelings?

6. Which important battle would lead to the surrender of the British Army?

7. What were some of the hardships Washington's men suffered at Valley Forge in the Winter of 1777?

8. Although they remained friends after the war, what point did Washington and Lafayette disagree on?

9. What were some things that Washington did that made people think he was trying to establish a monarchy in America?

10. What did Benedict Arnold do that was a betrayal to the new country?

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