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After her husband's death at the 1774 Battle of Point Pleasant, this woman became a frontier scout, relaying messages among forts?
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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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This Ohio River county was named for the governor of Virginia who owned most of the land there.
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Where was the largest battle in Virginia during the French & Indian War?
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Construction of this fort marked the beginning of the city of Charleston?
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Fort Pearsall was built during the French & Indian War to protect settlers around this town.
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Nonhelema, known by settlers as the "Grenadier Squaw," was the sister of which Indian leader?
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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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Tories were settlers who did what?
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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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