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Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, as well as the southwest corner of Pennsylvania and most of present West Virginia was carved from this Virginia county.
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How were many soldiers paid for their service in the French & Indian War?
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Braddock's Road is associated with this war.
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Which one of the following was NOT considered an "Indian war" from the 1700s?
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This Delaware chief led two deadly attacks on forts in present-day Pendleton County during the French & Indian War.
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Two West Virginia counties are named for this Indian leader of the 1700s.
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Which one of the following frontier forts was NOT located in Greenbrier County?
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This Overhill Cherokee leader fought on the side of the British during the French & Indian War.
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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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