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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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What mineral springs did George Washington visit for the first time at age 16?
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During the French & Indian War, which one of the following was NOT present at the Battle of the Monongahela?
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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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In 1861, during the Civil War, in which county was John Augustine Washington, an aide to Robert E. Lee and great-great-grandnephew of George Washington, killed?
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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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During the French & Indian War, in what year did George Washington resign as commander of the Virginia Regiment?
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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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