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About 1788, where did Daniel Boone first settle in present-day West Virginia?
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Braddock's Road is associated with this war.
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This Ohio River county was named for the governor of Virginia who owned most of the land there.
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Fort Buttermilk was built in 1756 to help protect settlers near this town.
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Fort Pearsall was built during the French & Indian War to protect settlers around this town.
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Shawnee Chief Cornstalk and his son Elinipsico were murdered at this Point Pleasant fort in 1777.
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Where was Fort Savannah located?
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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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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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