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Which Indian tribe fought at the 1774 Battle of Point Pleasant?
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2
Which daughter of Shawnee chief Cornstalk was married to the renegade European-American Boling Baker?
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3
When the Revolutionary War began, some of the first militia troops arrived in Massachusetts from this place.
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4
This last colonial governor of Virginia ordered the attack that became the Battle of Point Pleasant.
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5
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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6
"Forting" on the frontier referred to this.
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7
At the end of the French & Indian War, which one of the following was NOT attacked during Pontiac's Rebellion?
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8
This Randolph County settler was held captive by Shawnees from 1791 to 1794.
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9
Which one of the following frontier forts was NOT located in Greenbrier County?
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10
By the time of his death in 1799, George Washington owned more land along these two rivers than anywhere else in the world.
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