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Which Indian tribe fought at the 1774 Battle of Point Pleasant?
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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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Fort Pearsall was built during the French & Indian War to protect settlers around this town.
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Which one of the following was NOT a cause of the French & Indian War?
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Which one of the following was NOT one of West Virginia's first settlers?
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This Brooke County settler published the earliest known account of the Lewis & Clark Expedition.
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Two West Virginia counties are named for this Indian leader of the 1700s.
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Pontiac started his rebellion against European-American settlements as a result of what event?
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Tu-Endie-Wei State Park commemorates what frontier event?
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Vandalia was a failed attempt at what?
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