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When the Revolutionary War began, some of the first militia troops arrived in Massachusetts from this place.
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Braddock's Road is associated with this war.
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Which early settler did Thomas Jefferson mistakenly blame for the murder of Chief Logan's family?
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This battle in northwestern Ohio ended violent conflicts between Indians and settlers in present-day West Virginia.
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Fort Buttermilk was built in 1756 to help protect settlers near this 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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What finally ended threats to present-day West Virginia during the French & Indian War?
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When Europeans first arrived, which Indian confederacy laid claim to most of what is now West Virginia?
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What Wheeling socialite publicly claimed that Betty Zane's heroic actions at the 1782 Battle of Fort Henry never occurred?
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Tu-Endie-Wei State Park commemorates what frontier event?
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