The Watauga Settlement Vocab

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• alliance

• frontier

• savvy

• militia

a body of citizens organized for military service but who are not professional soldiers

• siege

• militia

• frontier

• compact

a formal agreement or contract between two or more parties

• lease

• compact

• savvy

• frontier

the surrounding of a place by an armed force in order to defeat those defending it

• lease

• alliance

• militia

• siege

two or more groups that have agreed to work together because of shared interests or aims

• alliance

• compact

• savvy

• frontier

the extreme limit of settled land beyond which lies wilderness

• compact

• frontier

• lease

• militia

to rent property for a specific period of time for a specific cost

• savvy

• militia

• lease

• siege

Nancy Ward

• Beloved Woman

• Beloved Mother

• Beloved Sister

• Beloved Warrior

Cherokee War Chief

• Pulling Boats

• Dragging Canoe

• Swinging Yacht

• Sliding Kayak

John Sevier

• Brother of Tennessee

• Father of Virginia

• Father of Tennessee

• Brother of Kentucky