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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, The Planter: Chapters 9-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which country enacted the Townshend Acts which placed duties on more goods sold to American colonists?
(a) Germany.
(b) Britain.
(c) France.
(d) Spain.

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

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

4. Throughout his life, Washington would have a fascination with _______________.
(a) Scultping.
(b) Architecture.
(c) Women.
(d) Travel.

5. When Washington married Martha, the slave population at Mount Vernon ____________________.
(a) More than doubled.
(b) Tripled.
(c) Was eliminated.
(d) Decreased by half.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children did the woman have when she married Washington?

2. How old was George Washington when his father died?

3. What was the French stronghold in the Ohio Valley?

4. What was the fort that Washington and his men used in the campaign against the French in 1754?

5. Washington's seat in the House of Burgesses gained him __________________________.

(see the answer key)

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