chapter 19: The Cumberland Settlement

Why did Dragging Canoe and other Chickamauga Cherokee Indians attack the Cumberland Settlers?

• They were working for the British against the Americans

• They were worried that they would not be able to trade with the settlers.

• They were worries that the Cumberland Compact laws were not fair

• They were worried that the settlers were taking too much land.

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How were the Cumberland Settlements similar to the Watauga Settlement?

• They were both led by John Donelson

• They were both attacked by Dragging Caneo

• They both had their own system of laws known as a "compact."

• They were both located near a river.

• They were both started after the Revolutionary War.

What was exchanged in the Transylvania Purchase?

• Land in Tennessee and Kentucky for goods.

• Goods from Tennessee and Kentucky for money

• Land in Tennessee and Kentucky for money.

• Land from Tennessee and Kentucky for other land.

Where did the Battle of the Bluffs occur?

• Fort Watauga

• Fort Nashborough

• Fort Cumberland

• Fort Loudoun

Why did some American Indians think that the Transylvania Purchase was not fair?

• The Transylvania Land Company received a very large amount of land for the amount paid.

• The Transylvania Land Company said they purchased more land than they really did.

• The Transylvania Land Company purchased that land signing a treaty.

• The Transylvania Land Company refused to negotiate with Dragging Canoe.

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What obstacles did the Cumberland settlers

• Revolutionary War battles in the area

• attacks by Chickamauga Cherokee Indians

• Smallpox

• Rough Water

• Cold weather