Personal Life
To what did George Washington give part of every day--both during war and when at home? (273)
prayer
Henry Knox, a bookseller from Boston, completed what successful mission? (161-164)
moved cannons over mountains, rivers, and lakes taking 40 days in late January to reach the assigned destination
Who greeted Washington with flowers on the bridge as he headed to Trenton after becoming President? (515)
women and girls all dressed in white
How did George Washington feel about slavery, and how did he reconcile owning slaves? (80)
Necessary for a plantation owner, but morally reprehensible; he chose to neither buy nor sell slaves, and he proposed legislation to halt the importation of slaves. He set all his slaves free in his will.
Who was Lieutenant General Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin Baron von Steuben? (274)
the crack drillmaster who whipped the army into shape
"Let us therefore animate and encourage each other and show the whole world that a freeman contending for ______________ on his own ground is superior to any slavish mercenary on earth."
Liberty (173)
How did Jack Custus die? (372)
He became ill after serving as one of Washington's aides at Yorktown lacking immunity to the many deadly camp diseases.
George Washington recommended that a fort be built at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers What modern city is a descendant of that recommended fort? (27)
Pittsburgh, PA
What caused George Washington to not utter a word for half an hour? (144)
instead of 308 barrels of gunpowder, only 36 were available for his army to fight the British
What did Washington turn down when Congress tried to give it to him?
compensation or a salary
When the British generals faced situations for which their military training did not prepare them, they pulled back. In contrast, what did Washington do when one approach didn't work? (415)
adapted
Of whom did George Washingon say, "I do not know a more noble soul, more honest, and I love him as my own son"? (298)
LaFayette
"Gentlemen, you must pardon me. I have ___________ _________ in your service and now find myself growing blind."
grown gray (385)
Rather than live a public life, what did George Washington desire? (508)
To farm the fields of Mt. Vernon and grow old with Martha--"To live and die an honest man on my own farm."
What disease did George Washington survive that proved to be a protection during the Revolutionary War? (21)
smallpox
Why was the surrender at Saratoga such a pivotal point in the war?
The surrender resulted in Congress adopting and sending to the states for ratification the Articles of Confederation, and the French agreed to support America's army as a result of the victory.
What did Washington say was the surest basis of public happiness? (539)
knowledge
Most people attribute winning the war to George Washington's tenacity. To whom did Washington attribute America's victory? (417)
God
Who was Nathan Hale? (176)
Washington's most famous spy
Thomas Paine penned these famous words: "These are the times that _____ ______ _____."
try men's souls (201)
What did Washington say "would be the greatest sacrifice of my personal feelings and wishes that ever I have been called upon to make"? (509)
to accept the role of president
What career did George Washington have? (15)
surveyor
Describe the "wonderful feat...a military movement that has no equal in the history of America." (184)
The evacuation of Long Island
During his presidency, Washington fought for the equal treatment of what minority?
Native Americans
Though many people expected Washington to serve as long as he lived, then choose an heir to succeed him in office, he wanted to be sure that his countrymen choose __________ while he was still alive. (584)
another leader
Who was Sergeant Thomas Hickey, and what was he hanged for? (171)
George Washington's personal bodyguard who accepted money in a plot to kill Washington.
"Should the states reject this excellent constitution, the probability is that an opportunity will never again offer to cancel another in peace--the next will be drawn in _______."
blood (491)
To what does this refer: "to retire...His inclinations led him strongly to do it. Nobody disliked more the ceremonies of his office...he did not believe his presence necessary...Still, however, if his aid was through necessary to save the cause to which he had devoted his life principally, he would make the sacrifice of a longer continuance"? (548)
serving a second term as president
What unusual clothing did George Washington wear during the Second Continental Congress? (120)
His red and blue uniform from the French and Indian War
Describe the scene as George Washington bid farewell to his officers in Fraunces' Tavern in New York.
(394)
Washington strove to make the presidency an office of __________________. (533)
dignity
What worried George Washington about American youth? (588)
They were being educated in Europe in nondemocratic ways of thinking.
The first cousin of Daniel Boone who was held as a prisoner of war after handing his sword to a clergyman because he didn't want "a scoundrel of these cowards [to] take it out of [his] hands"--who was he? (156 & 159)
Daniel Morgan
"It appears to me that little more than common _____ and common _____, in the transactions of the community at large, would be necessary to make us a great and a happy nation."
sense; honesty (513)
What did George Washington regularly donate money or provision to?
the poor