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Which one of the following was the primary reason George Washington led an expedition to Point Pleasant in 1770?
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As a colonel in the Virginia Regiment during the French and Indian War, what was George Washington's principal plan for protecting settlers on the western Virginia frontier?
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In which West Virginia county are more Washington family descendants buried than in any other place in America?
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Which one of the following was NOT a cause of the French & Indian War?
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By the time of his death in 1799, George Washington owned more land along these two rivers than anywhere else in the world.
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George Washington's military and diplomatic blunders largely led to the beginning of this conflict.
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In which Jefferson County house did Lewis Washington live?
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Which Virginia governor granted George Washington most of the Western Virginia bounty lands he acquired because of his French & Indian War service?
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George Washington personally selected the site of this manufacturing enterprise.
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In 1794, President George Washington organized and led a militia to put down this uprising in New Jersey, Maryland, and parts of Western Virginia.
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