Tennessee History

"Big Foot" ______________was a famous longhunter who decided to stay in middle Tennessee.

• Thomas S. Spencer

• Daniel Boone

• Bruce Wayne

• Thomas Walker

Who named the Cumberland River and lead a team of surveyors to map out the boundary between Tennessee and Kentucky known as "Walker's Line"?

• Daniel Boone

• Peter Parker

• Thomas Walker

• King George III

The _________________ was believed to be one of the first attempts to create an independent government by American colonists in east Tennessee.

• Proclamation of 1763

• Treaty of Paris 1763

• Declaration of Independence

• Watauga Compact

What was built in 1756 by the British to house troops and their families in exchange for protecting the Cherokee in the French and Indian War?

• Fort Loudoun

• Fort Watauga

• Fort Blount

• Fort Nashborough

Who was one of the most famous longhunters in Tennessee that opened the main route used for travel from the eastern colonies to the west known as the Wilderness Road?

• Thomas S. Spencer

• Daniel Boone

• Clark Kent

• Thomas Walker

Regulators faced the colonial army in protest of governor Tyron's high taxes at the ________________ which resulted in many people leaving North Carolina and moving into Tennessee.

• Battle of Shiloh

• Fort Loudoun Massacre

• Battle of Alamance

• Battle of Vicksburg

Cherokee attacked the British settlers on their way back to South Carolina killing 25-30 people known as the _______________.

• Infinity War

• Battle of Alamance

• Boston Massacre

• Fort Loudoun Massacre

People who came to Tennessee to hunt and trade in the 1700s were known as ______________.

• Regulators

• Longhunters

• Immigrants

• Militia

This was known as the main route to travel from the eastern colonies to the west.

• Cumberland Gap

• Smoky Mountains Trail

• Wilderness Road

• None of the Above

Farmers in central and western North Carolina who did not like governor William Tyron and his high taxes were known as ______________.

• Longhunters

• Native Americans

• Tyrants

• Regulators