The Washington Administration

What was the first public office held by Washigton?

• Governor of Virginia

• Land Surveyor

• Representative of the Continental Congress

• King of New York

What was the name of the plantation inherited by Washington where he lived?

• Monticello

• Governor's Mansion

• Mount Vernon

• Montpelier

Washington served in Virginia's ___________, the first democratically elected legislature in the American Colonies

• House of Burgesses

• House of Lords

• House of Commons

• House of Representatives

At the Constitutional Convention, Washington's impact was instrumental because...

• he proposed the Virginia Plan

• he was the President of the Convention

• he proposed the amendment process

• he removed Alexader Hamilton for complaining too much

George Washington took the oath of office in New York.

• True

• False

In less than two years, the United States capital would move from New York to _____________.

• Washington, D.C.

• Boston

• Philadelphia

• St. Louis

____________ was the first Vice-President under the Constitution.

• Thomas Jefferson

• Henry Knox

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Adams

_____________ was Washington's Secretary of State, the top advisor about relations with foreign nations.

• Thomas Jefferson

• Henry Knox

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Adams

__________ was Washington's Secretary of the Treasury--the main economic advisor to the President.

• Thomas Jefferson

• Henry Knox

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Adams

The _______________ is the cabinet position responsible for handling the country's legal matters.

• Secretary of Defense

• Director of Homeland Security

• Attorney General

• Governor