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History of Virginia

a brief text book for schools
  
  
  
  
  

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QUESTIONS

  • 1. Give an account of the rivalry existing between France and
    England.

  • 2. What was now the question to be decided?

  • 3. Give the plan adopted by France.

  • 4. The English plan

  • 5. How did the French decide to stop the English?

  • 6. What message did the governor of Virginia send the French
    commander?

  • 7. Who was George Washington, when and where born?

  • 8. What led to a lifelong friendship between Washington and Lord
    Fairfax?

  • 9. What is said of his character?

  • 10. Give an account of his journey, and of its result.

  • 11. Tell of the opening of hostilities

  • 12. What happened at Great Meadows?


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  • 13. Whom did the English send to capture Fort Duquesne, and what
    fatal mistake did he make?

  • 14. On being warned by Benjamin Franklin, what was his reply?

  • 15. Tell of Braddock's defeat.

  • 16. Who then took the head of the colonial troops?

  • 17. Encouraged by this victory, what did the Indians do?

  • 18. What was the letter Washington wrote to Governor Fauquier?

  • 19. In what way did he try to stop the atrocities of the savages?

  • 20. In what year did Fort Duquesne fall into the hands of the English?

  • 21. How did the war end?