Founding Brothers Video Questions
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1. Who were the three Federalist leaders?
2. Which person (Hamilton or Jefferson) hated conflict and was soft spoken in person?
3. What did Hamilton want to create to strengthen America’s economy?
4. What did Washington say was a striking and pleasing thing in his address to Congress?
5. What newspaper did Philip Freneau create under the request and payment of Jefferson?
6. What did George Washington plan to do after four years as President?
7. Who did the French declare war on a month after getting rid of King Louis XVI?
8. How did Jefferson plan to get people to stop supporting Hamilton’s policy of neutrality between
France and England?
9. Who did Freneau attack to send the president all the way into the Federalist camp and lead Jefferson
to retire from politics?
10. What did President Washington do to the three rebels convicted of treason in the Whisky Rebellion?
11. Where did British warships deny American ships access to trade?
12. Who did Washington dispatch to England to reach an agreement to avoid another war with England?
13. Why was Jefferson content to have the Jay Treaty pass even though it was against his party’s
wishes?
14. Who was behind many of the rumors about Washington becoming senile and mentally unable to be
an effective president?
15. Toward what direction did Washington say America needs to look in the future in his Farewell
Address?