TN History Week 5 (Lost State of Franklin)

1. What was the path settlers used to get from the north into Kentucky and Tennessee called?

• Proclamation of 1763

• Overmountain Men

• Wilderness Trail

• Cumberland Gap

2. Who was clerk of the Watauga Settlement, governor of the State of Franklin, and the first governor of Tennessee?

• John Sevier

• Daniel Boone

• Alexander Hamilton

• Tom Holland

3. Who came to Tennessee because colonies were crowded, they wanted fresh land, they were in trouble with the law, or they were upset with their colony's leaders?

• Overmountain men

• John Sevier

• State of Frankland

• Fort Night

4. What was a law made by King George III, which said that colonists could not pass the Appalachian Mountains?

• Battle of the Bluff

• Knoxville

• Proclamation of 1763

• Wilderness Trail

5. What was formed by North Carolina settlers who were upset that their land had been abandoned by the state. The people then came together to form this state, which was located in present-day Northeast Tennessee.

• State of Franklin

• Kentucky

• Fort Nashborough

• Knoxville

6. What occurred when the Cherokee attacked Bluff Station?

• World War 1

• Battle of the Bluff

• Knoxville

• State of Frankland

7. What was a fort in the Cumberland Settlement, where all members of the community could gather together, that was renamed Nashville in 1783?

• Fort Nashborough

• Knoxville

• Watauga

• Henderson

8. What was the first capital of the state of Tennessee?

• Mrs. Capps

• Knoxville

• TN Vols

• Nashville

9. What was the original name of the State of Franklin?

• Watauga

• Frankland

• Franklin

• Fort Nashborough

10. Who left Watauga FIRST to explore the Cumberland Settlement?

• James Robertson

• John Donelson

• Daniel Boone

• John Sevier