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The Washington Family

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Lewis Washington, a distant relative of George Washington, played a role in what historic event?
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What West Virginia town was established by George Washington's brother?
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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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What future First Lady of the United States was married in George Steptoe Washington's Harewood mansion, located near Charles Town?
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Which one of the following forts was NOT built between the location of George Washington's headquarters at Fort Loudoun and Cumberland, Maryland?
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George Washington's military and diplomatic blunders largely led to the beginning of this conflict.
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Which member of the Washington family was the first to move to what is now Jefferson County?
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Which home did Samuel Washington begin building in present Jefferson County in the late 1700s?
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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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A pioneering prototype of this mode of transportation was made in Wheeling in 1816 and named for George Washington.
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