George Washington

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1. Through his paternal grandmother, Washington was related to what English monarch? William II James I Henry V Edward III

2. What day did Washington celebrate as his birthday? February 22nd April 5th February 23rd February 11th

3. Who was responsible for the legends of the cherry tree and Washington's inability to tell a lie? Edward Vernon Mason Weems George Eskridge Frederick Philipse

4. During the French and Indian War, what fort did Washington supervise the construction of? Duquesne Dinwiddie Allegheny Necessity

5. What county did Washington represent in the Virginia House of Burgesses? Frederick New Kent Culpepper Westmoreland

6. Whose speech to the Continental Congress in 1775 was in so much praise of Washington that he had to leave the room? John Adams Caeser Rodney Benjamin Franklin Edmund Randolph

7. In an effort called the Conway Cabal, members of the Continental Congress sought to have Washington replaced as commander of the Continental Army with who? Henry Knox Nathaniel Greene Horatio Gates Benedict Arnold

8. Who was the British officer who attempted to surrender to the Conte de Rochambeau at Yorktown rather than Washington? Charles O'Hara Lord Cornwallis Benjamin Lincoln Oliver Walcott

9. In what city did Washington give his famous farewell address to the troops in 1783? Princeton, NJ Philadelphia New York City Newburgh, NY

10. Only 10 of the 13 original colonies voted in the 1789 presidential election that made Washington the first US president. Which of the four states listed below was not one of those three states? New York New Hampshire Rhode Island North Carolina

11. President Washington signed a bill in 1792 establishing a US mint where? Boston Philadelphia New York City Charleston

12. Which of the following four states did not join the union during the Washington administration? Vermont Tennessee Kentucky Maine

13. Who did Washington name to replace John Jay as chief justice of the Supreme Court in 1795? John Marshall Oliver Ellsworth Samuel Chase John Rutledge

14. In what newspaper was Washington's farewell address to the nation in 1796 first published? Gazette of the United States Boston Herald New York Gazette American Daily Advertiser

15. To whom did Washington speak his last words in 1799? Martha Washington Thomas Davis James Clark Tobias Lear