Tennessee History 8.20/8.21/8.26

This man named the Cumberland River and led a team of surveyors to map the boundary of Tennessee and Kentucky.

• William Bean

• Daniel Boone

• Dr. Thomas Walker

• Richard Henderson

_________ _________ was in favor of selling Cherokee land to the settlers, but _________ _________ did not like selling Cherokee land to the settlers.

• Littler Carpenter, Dragging Canoe

• Nancy Ward, Dragging Canoe

• Dragging Canoe, Little Carpenter

• Nancy Ward, Little Carpenter

_________ _________ called a constitutional convention that resulted in Tennessee becoming a state.

• Thomas S. Spencer

• William Blount

• Richard Henderson

• William Bean

_________ ___ ____ _________ was the largest attack on the Cumberland Settlements by Native Americans who lost to the settlers when dogs were released.

• The Battle of Alamance

• The Fort Loudoun Massacre

• Battle of the Bluffs

• Battle of Kings Mountain

This man was elected the first governor of Tennessee after it was admitted to statehood.

• William Blount

• John Sevier

• Benjamin Franklin

• Richard Henderson

Dragging Canoe disagreed with the Transylvania Purchase and led a new group called the ______________ who attacked settlers in the ____________ ____ __ ____.

• Chickamaugans, Cherokee War of 1776

• Creeks, Battle of the Bluffs

• Chickamaugans, Cherokee War of 1876

• Cherokee, Cherokee War of 1776

Who settled Middle Tennessee and was called "Big Foot"?

• Dr. Thomas Walker

• Daniel Boone

• Richard Henderson

• Thomas S. Spencer

Who found the Wilderness Road which was the main route for travel to the west?

• William Bean

• Daniel Boone

• Richard Henderson

• "Big Foot"

____________ ____________ called a meeting with the Cherokee to purchase land in middle Tennessee. It was known as the ____________ _____________.

• William Bean, Watauga Purchase

• Richard Henderson, Transylvania Purchase

• John Donelson, Cumberland Purchase

• Thomas Jefferson, Louisiana Purchase

Why was the Watauga Purchase and Watauga Compact important in westward expansion?

• It created a settlement in eastern Tennessee that elected one leader to rule the Watauga Settlement.

• It created a settlement in western Tennessee and was the first attempt of the settlers to create an independent government.

• It created a settlement in western Tennessee that elected one leader to rule the Watauga Settlement.

• It created a settlement in eastern Tennessee and was the first attempt of the settlers to create an independent government.