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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6, The Legacy: Chapters 64-67.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Washington pursued a career as a/an ___________________ when his mother denied his joining the Royal Navy.
(a) Attorney.
(b) Land surveyor.
(c) Silversmith.
(d) Merchant.

2. What was the name of the convention in #129?
(a) The Revolutionary Convention.
(b) The Confederation Convention.
(c) The Patriot Convention.
(d) The Constitutional Convention.

3. Why did Martha Washington free the slaves when she did?
(a) She wanted to relieve her conscience.
(b) She was afraid for her safety.
(c) She wanted to maintain social propriety.
(d) She did not free them.

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

5. Which of the following did Washington's men NOT lack at Valley Forge?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Food.
(d) Medicine.

Short Answer Questions

1. The people of which states continued to support the British during the Revolutionary War?

2. Washington would spend the rest of his life in the role of ___________________________.

3. Washington was quite social and was often the center of attention with ________________.

4. Why did Washington like spending so much time with his eldest half-brother at his farm?

5. The overwhelming problem Washington had to deal with in the Summer of 1794 was a rebellion in Virginia and Pennsylvania against ____________________.

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