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What future First Lady of the United States was married in George Steptoe Washington's Harewood mansion, located near Charles Town?
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Which one of the following forts was NOT built between the location of George Washington's headquarters at Fort Loudoun and Cumberland, Maryland?
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Which one of the following was NOT a cause of the French & Indian War?
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George Washington's military and diplomatic blunders largely led to the beginning of this conflict.
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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 which battle did George Washington first participate?
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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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No counties in West Virginia are named for George Washington.
  1. A.
  2. B.

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