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The Washington Family

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Which one of the following was the primary reason George Washington led an expedition to Point Pleasant in 1770?
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As a colonel in the Virginia Regiment during the French and Indian War, what was George Washington's principal plan for protecting settlers on the western Virginia frontier?
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Which of George Washington's relatives owned land in the present Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia?
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George Washington acquired his first land at which of these places?
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Who accompanied George Washington on his disastrous mission to warn the French at the beginning of the French & Indian War and later served as a guide for Gen. Braddock in his disastrous campaign early in the war?
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Who hired a teenage George Washington to survey much of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle?
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Which member of the Washington family was the first to move to what is now Jefferson County?
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Which home did Samuel Washington begin building in present Jefferson County in the late 1700s?
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In which Jefferson County house did Lewis Washington live?
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During the French & Indian War, in which battle did George Washington first participate?
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