TN 5.29-5.31

The Cumberland Gap later became known as the _____________ once Daniel Boone cleared a large portion of it so that settlers could more easily move past the Appalachian Mountains.

• Migration Path

• Watauga Settlement

• Wilderness Road

• Overmountain Passage

Which government document, signed by the British king, prevented colonists from settling in the Indian Territory that was beyond the Appalachian Mountains?

• Watauga Compact

• Proclamation of 1763

• Transylvania Treaty

• Indian Removal Act

What does it mean for people to "migrate" to an area?

• clear the land

• leave from

• move to live

• travel through

Which leader believed that American Indians should neither sell land nor trade it for goods?

• Dragging Canoe

• Little Carpenter

• Nancy Ward

• John Sevier

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

• William Bean

• Daniel Boone

• Richard Henderson

• "Big Foot"

Who was angry that the Cherokees agreed to the Watauga Purchase?

• Nancy Ward

• John Sevier

• Dragging Canoe

• Little Carpenter

What was the result of the Battle of the Bluffs?

• The Cherokees won the territory back.

• The Cherokees didn't win, but they continued to attack the settlers.

• The Cherokees forced the settlers off of their land.

• The Cherokees lost but were allowed to stay on the land.

The Overmountain Men had an advantage over the southern Loyalists in the Battle of the King's Mountain because they greatly outnumbered the Loyalists.

• True

• False