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Which of the following Jefferson County houses was NOT owned by a relative of George Washington?
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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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What West Virginia town was established by George Washington's brother?
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What mineral springs did George Washington visit for the first time at age 16?
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Which one of the following was NOT a cause of the French & Indian War?
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George Washington's military and diplomatic blunders largely led to the beginning of this conflict.
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  4. D.
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Who hired a teenage George Washington to survey much of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle?
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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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No counties in West Virginia are named for George Washington.
  1. A.
  2. B.

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