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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Social Man, Infighting Foreshadowed, The Great Schism Opens and Europeans and Indians.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was appointed Minister to Holland?
(a) Gouverneur Morris
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Thomas Pinckney.
(d) William Short.

2. How many pounds of sterling did Washington loose during the war?
(a) 25,000 pounds.
(b) 5,000 pounds.
(c) 15,000 pounds.
(d) 10,000 pounds.

3. When Washington was six, his family moved to which city?
(a) Mount Vernon.
(b) Boston.
(c) Pope's Creek.
(d) Fredericksburg.

4. What method of death was ordered for spies?
(a) Spies were dragged.
(b) Spies were hung.
(c) Spies were shot.
(d) Spies were drowned.

5. Which state boycotted the convention?
(a) Delaware.
(b) Rhode Island.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Maryland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Washington was elected by the electoral college on February 4, 1789. On what day did Washington receive formal notification of his election?

2. While the British were not attacking the United States, what was the enemy?

3. What state did Cornwallis "rage through like an invincible lion"?

4. Who became one of Washington's financial advisers?

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

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