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How were many soldiers paid for their service in the French & Indian War?
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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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In 1777, this settler led an ambush in present-day Marshall County that murdered 21 Indians.
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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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"Forting" on the frontier referred to this.
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Which one of the following was NOT a cause of the French & Indian War?
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What was the goal of Andrew Lewis's disastrous Sandy Creek Expedition in 1756?
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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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What Wheeling socialite publicly claimed that Betty Zane's heroic actions at the 1782 Battle of Fort Henry never occurred?
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