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Lord Dunmore’s War
Michael Cresap led a
surprise raid against a
Shawnee camp at
Captina Creek, leading to
many of the problems
that followed.
Daniel Greathouse
killed a number of
Indians, including
members of Chief
Logan’s family.
Lord Dunmore
developed a plan to
destroy the power
of the Indians in the
West.
The Battle of Point
Pleasant was the
largest battle
fought in North
America between
settlers and Indians.
The Treaty of
Camp
Charlotte
ended Lord
Dunmore’s
War.
In the Fort Gower Address,
the colonial soldiers pledged
allegiance to the British king,
but they also declared that
they would fight to protect
their homeland instead of for
the British crown
The Battle of Point
Pleasant was
responsible for the
peace between the
colonists and the
Indians for the
first two years of the
American Revolution.
Western Virginia and the
American Revolution
George Washington
was appointed to
lead the new
American army in the
fight for
independence from
Great Britain.
Some settlers
were Loyalists
who wanted to
remain
British.
Fort Henry
was attacked
twice during
the American
Revolution.
Samuel McCulloch,
who came to help the
defenders of
the besieged Fort
Henry, made his
famous leap as he
was being pursued by
Indians.
Cornstalk, who came
to Point Pleasant to
warn the
settlers of a possible
Indian attack, was
taken prisoner
and later killed.
Phillip Hammond
and Dick Pointer
were heroes at
Fort Donnally.
The fighting at Fort
Donnally marked the
last time a large raiding
party of Indians entered
the upper Kanawha and
Greenbrier valleys
Elizabeth Zane
became a
heroine during
the second
attack on Fort
Henry.
The second attack on
Fort Henry actually
occurred after the
British surrender at
Yorktown, which
ended the
American Revolution.
The Treaty of Paris of
1783 required the
British to
abandon their forts in
the West while
requiring the
colonies (now states)
to repay money they
owed to Great Britain.