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At the end of the French & Indian War, which one of the following was NOT attacked during Pontiac's Rebellion?
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Which of the following was NOT a treaty in which Indians gave away their claims to land in present West Virginia?
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Who is considered the founder of Morgantown?
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This Randolph County settler was held captive by Shawnees from 1791 to 1794.
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Who bought up much of the area in and around Charleston in the late 1700s from John Dickinson and George Clendenin?
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Who is generally considered the founder of Martinsburg?
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Who is generally considered the "father of Greenbrier County?"
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James Madison, the "father of the constitution" and future fourth president, married his wife, Dolley Payne, in the Jefferson County home of this person.
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The murder of this person's family sent him on a violent spree in which he killed Tegunteh, who was peacefully negotiating the 1789 Treaty of Fort Harmar. Afterward, he became a fugitive from the law.
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Which one of the following counties did NOT experience an uprising in response to the 1794 Whiskey Rebellion?
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