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1In what year was Washington born?

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2What was the name of Washington's mother?

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3What was the name of Washington's wife?

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4What important event happened in Washington's life in 1743?

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5Who was Edmond Genêt?

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6Who was Washington's first Secretary of State?

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7Who commanded the British Army in America during the first part of the Revolutionary War?

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8What was the name of Washington's estate?

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9How many children did Washington have?

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10What was the name of Washington's father?

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11Who was king of Britain during the Revolutionary War?

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12What battle effectively ended the Revolutionary War?

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13What year did Washington retire from the presidency?

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14What did Washington hope to build?

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15What year did Washington's army spend at Valley Forge?

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16What family helped Washington begin his military career?

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17What treaty did the United States sign with Britain in 1794?

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18What did the treaty with Britain in 1794 include?

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19What unusual thing did Washington do in his will?

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20Whom did Washington appoint as Secretary of War in 1789?

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21Where did Washington travel outside of the United States?

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22What fort did the British capture from the French in 1758?

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23What city now sits on the site of the French fort captured in 1758?

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24Why was Washington reluctant to attend the Constitutional Convention?

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25Where did America win its first major battle in the Revolutionary War?

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26How did Washington earn a living?

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27Why did Washington support Hamilton's financial plan?

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28What year did Washington inherit Mount Vernon?

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29What did Pinckney's Treaty do?

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30Who led Washington against the French in 1755?

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31Which one of these was not a branch of the federal government as created by the Constitution?

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32Why was Washington considered an idiot in Britain in 1754?

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33Why did Washington and his mother have a strained relationship?

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34What treaty ended the Revolutionary War?

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35Who commanded the French Army in America?

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36What potential revolt did Washington prevent in 1783?

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37Who among the following did not succeed Washington in the office of the president?

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38What crop did Washington not attempt to grow on Mount Vernon?

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39Who was Washington's role model as a young man?

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40What notable thing did Washington do at the Second Continental Congress?

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41What was Wasington's greatest fear during his second term as president?

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42What did Washington issue in 1793?

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43To what early political group did Jefferson belong?

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44What did Washington build in 1754?

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45Where was Washington inaugurated as President in 1789?

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46What were the London-based merchants who bought crops and sold goods to Virginia planters called?

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47Why was Washington's support of the Constitution so important?

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48What were the names of Martha Washington's children?

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49Who was Washington's Vice President?

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50Who led a short-lived movement to replace Washington as commander of the Continental Army?

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