Chapter 19-20 Early Settlements of Tennessee

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

• They were working for the British against Americans.

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

• They were worried that the Cumberland Compact laws were not fair.

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

What was exchanged in the Transylvania Purchase?

• land in TN & KY for goods

• goods from TN & KY for money

• land in TN & KY for money

• land from TN & KY for other land

How were the Cumberland & Watauga settlements similar?

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• They were both led by John Donelson

• They were both attacked by Dragging Canoe

• They both had their own compacts(laws)

• They were both located near rivers.

Where did the Battle of the Bluffs occur?

• Fort Watauga

• Fort Nashborough

• Fort Cumberland

• Fort Donelson

Fort Nashborough later became known as .......

• Memphis

• Murfreesboro

• Nashville

• Knoxville

Obstacles faced by Cumberland settlers....

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• smallpox

• rough water

• Revolutionary War Battles

• cold weather

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

• The company said they purchased more land than they really did.

• The company purchased land without signing a treaty.

• The company received a large amount of land for the amount they paid.

• The company refused to negotiate with Dragging Canoe.

How many acres did the Transylvania Land Company purchase?

• 10 million

• 15 million

• 20 million

• 25 million

Choose all the phrases that describe Dragging Canoe.

• attacked the fort

• took the enemy's horses

• won the Battle of the Bluffs

• lost the Battle of the Bluffs

Choose all the phrases that describe the settlers at the Battle of the Bluffs.

• Won the Battle of the Bluffs.

• Lost the Battle of the Bluffs.

• Sent dogs to attack the enemy.

• snuck into the fort