Westward Expansion

How did the longhunters affect settlement of the frontier

• Less people wanted to settle the frontier after the longhunters told them about the Proclamation of 1763

• More people wanted to settle the frontier after the longhunters hunted all of the animals in the East

• Less people wanted to settle the frontier after the longhunters told them about the dangers of the mountain road

• More people wanted to settle the frontier after the longhunters told them about the good land they saw

Check two phrases that describe John Donelson

• Traveled west in a flotilla on the Holston, Tennessee, Ohio and Cumberland River

• part of the first permanent settlement in Tennessee

• established a settlement at Fort Nashborough

• traveled throughout East Tennessee with Daniel Boone

Why was Tennessee eligible to apply for statehood in 1795

• Tennessee had started its first settlement by that year

• North Carolina repealed the Proclamation of 1763 in that year

• North Carolina gave the Southwest Territory to the federal government in that year

• Tennessee had a large enough population by that year

How did the development of the Wilderness Road and the Warrior's path help Tennessee become a state

• These trails encouraged western expansion into the area that became Tennessee

• These trails reduced the value of the Southwest Territory to North Carolina

• Owners of these trails required pioneers to pay high tolls to use them, slowing the growth of Tennessee's population

• These trails marked natural boundaries for the frontier states

Which states were models for Tennessee's first constitution

• North Carolina and Pennsylvania

• Virginia and North Carolina

• Virginia and Georgia

• Pennsylvania and Georgia

Prior to becoming a state in 1796, Tennessee had a convention to create its first

• territorial map

• constitution

• letter of statehood

How many articles did Tennessee's constitution contain

• 2

• 13

• 7

• 11

One of the articles in Tennessee's state constitution was a Declaration of

• Rights

• territory

• Statehood

• Government

Which statement best describes the importance of Tennessee's first constitution

• It is still in use today

• It was a requirement to achieve Tennessee statehood

• It caused a revolution by not protecting the rights of Tennesseans

• It established Tennessee as a U.S Territory

What did the first Tennessee Constitution have in common with the United States Constitution

• they both safeguarded individual rights

• both gave the government unlimited power to prosecute people accused of crimes

• both contain rights for people serving juries

• both gave the government the right to compel people to testify against themselves