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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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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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George Washington acquired his first land at which of these places?
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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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Who accompanied George Washington on his disastrous mission to warn the French at the beginning of the French & Indian War and later served as a guide for Gen. Braddock in his disastrous campaign early in the war?
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George Washington was this age when he became a surveyor in what is now West Virginia?
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Whose death led to George Washington being named lieutenant colonel of Virginia's forces during the French & Indian War?
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During this uprising, a sword given to George Washington by Frederick the Great was temporarily captured.
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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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