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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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George Washington was this age when he became a surveyor in what is now West Virginia?
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3
Which member of the Washington family was the first to move to what is now Jefferson County?
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In which Jefferson County house did Lewis Washington live?
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In 1861, during the Civil War, in which county was John Augustine Washington, an aide to Robert E. Lee and great-great-grandnephew of George Washington, killed?
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Which Virginia governor granted George Washington most of the Western Virginia bounty lands he acquired because of his French & Indian War service?
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During the French & Indian War, in what year did George Washington resign as commander of the Virginia Regiment?
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What inventor did George Washington work with to improve navigation on the Potomac River?
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A pioneering prototype of this mode of transportation was made in Wheeling in 1816 and named for George Washington.
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10
No counties in West Virginia are named for George Washington.
  1. A.
  2. B.

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