The Watauga Settlement

What is the Watauga Association is an example of?

• military forts

• American Indian tribes

• trade

• self-government

The settlers in the Watauga Settlement formed a system of __________ known as the Watauga Compact.

• laws

• trade

• religion

• education

What did the Cherokee call Nancy Ward?

• Devoted Woman

• Cherished Mother

• Beloved Woman

• Beloved Warrior

What was Nancy Ward’s role in the attack on Fort Watauga?

• She fought in place of her husband when he was killed in battle

• She warned a trader about an upcoming Cherokee attack.

• She gave the Cherokee weapons to use in the attack.

• She held off the siege at Fort Watauga.

Which event led the Watauga settlers to lease land from the Cherokee

• attack on Fort Watauga

• Proclamation of 1763

• American Revolution

• French and Indian War

Why was Dragging Canoe unhappy with the Watauga settlers?

• He feared they would take all of the Cherokee lands.

• He feared they would not trade with the Cherokee.

• He feared they would side with the British against the Cherokee

• He feared they would attack the Cherokee fort at Watauga.

How did the Cherokee get the weapons they used to attack the Watauga Settlement?

• John Sevier sold them to the Cherokee.

• Dragging Canoe took them from Fort Watauga.

• Nancy Ward gave them to the Cherokee

• The British gave them to the Cherokee

What was John Sevier’s role in the attack on Fort Watauga?

• He sold the Cherokee weapons to use in the attack.

• He led the siege against Fort Watauga.

• He was the settlers’ leader and held off the Cherokee attack.

• He warned a trader about an upcoming Cherokee attack.

Which happened first?

• Settlers lease land in the Watauga Settlement from the Cherokee

• Dragging Canoe forms an alliance with the British.

Which happened first?

• Dragging Canoe forms an alliance with the British.

• . A trader is warned about a plan for an attack on the Watauga Settlement