SS 5.30-5.32

In 1769 _______________________started the first permanent white settlement in what is now Tennessee.

• John Sevier

• Captain William Bean

• Dragging Canoe

• William Blount

In 1772, the settlers leased land from the Cherokee and created their own government called...

• The Nashborough Compact

• The Watauga Compact

• Robertson's Rules of Order

• The Mayflower Compact

The British made an alliance with ____________________ and the Cherokee.

• Tecumseh

• Nancy Ward

• Dragging Canoe

• Sacagawea

The settlers at Ft. Watauga were warned of at attack by_______________.

• Dragging Canoe

• John Sevier

• James Robertson

• Nancy Ward

In 1775 the _______________________was formed to buy land around the Cumberland River.

• Ft. Nashborough Project

• Cumberland Company

• Transylvania Land Company

• Watauga Compact

For $50,000 worth of gold, silver, and other goods, the Transylvania Land Company bought _____________________acres.

• 50,000

• 20,000,000

• 100,000

• 20,000

_______________________was given the task of finding a settlement on the banks of the Cumberland River.

• James Robertson

• John Donelson

• John Sevier

• Dragging Canoe

______________________brought 30 families to Fort Nashborough in 1780.

• James Robertson

• Andrew Jackson

• John Donelson

• George Washington

The settlers of the Cumberlands faced obstacles such as...

• Indian attacks

• small pox

• rough waters

• drought

Dragging Canoe and a group of Chickamaugans attacked Ft. Nashborough on April 2, ______________________.

• 1775

• 1776

• 1779

• 1781