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QUESTIONS
1. While the colonies were on the eve of war, what was Virginia
called to do?2. How did the trouble begin, and by what was it known?
3. What did the Indians now do?
4. Who was General Andrew Lewis?
5. Tell of the battle of Point Pleasant.
6. What treaty did Lord Dunmore make with the Indians?
7. Why was this battle so important?
8. What contest now occupied the people?
9. When and where was a convention held?
10. What measure was introduced by Patrick Henry?
11. Give his prophetic words.
12. When and where was the first clash of arms?
13. What act of Governor Dunmore's enraged the people?
14. What did they attempt to do?
15. Who induced them to disband?
16. What was the nature of the paper signed?
17. What action did Patrick Henry take, and with what result?
18. Give an account of the flight of Lord Dunmore.
19. What action did the Burgesses take, and with what result?
20. How long had the royal government lasted in Virginia?
21. Tell of the provisional government organized.
22. What did Lord Dunmore now decide to do?
23. Where did he make his headquarters, and what did he proclaim?
24. What occurred at Great Bridge?
25. How and where did he continue his depredations?
26. What was the last of Dunmore in Virginia?
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