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Frontier

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Which daughter of Shawnee chief Cornstalk was married to the renegade European-American Boling Baker?
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How were many soldiers paid for their service in the French & Indian War?
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Which early settler did Thomas Jefferson mistakenly blame for the murder of Chief Logan's family?
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In 1777, this settler led an ambush in present-day Marshall County that murdered 21 Indians.
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Fort Buttermilk was built in 1756 to help protect settlers near this town.
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Fort Maidstone, the northernmost of our French & Indian War fortifications, was built in which present-day county?
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This Virginia county once included most of present-day northern West Virginia.
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At the end of the French & Indian War, which one of the following was NOT attacked during Pontiac's Rebellion?
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Which of the following was NOT typically considered to be part of a frontier fort?
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From which direction did most Indian attacks occur during the frontier period?
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