The Cumberland Gap and the Wilderness Road

The process of a people traveling to a new place or country

• lifeline

• migration

• encroach

• network

The buying and selling of goods, especially on a large scale involving transportation from place to place

• commerce

• encroach

• network

• proclamation

A public or official announcement

• network

• rebel

• lifeline

• proclamation

To take possession of something in a gradual way

• rebel

• encroach

• network

• commerce

System of interconnected people or things

• proclamation

• network

• commerce

• lifeline

A thing on which someone depends completely

• commerce

• lifeline

• migration

• proclamation

To oppose or disobey someone on authority in control

• migration

• commerce

• rebel

• encroach

Why did King George III pass the proclamation of 1763?

• To avoid fights between settlers and Native Americans

• To confirm he was in charge

• To build the Wilderness Road

• To end the French and Indian War

Which states come together near the Cumberland Gap?

• Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia

• Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia

• Tennessee, West Virginia, and Kentucky

• Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia

How was the Wilderness Road used?

• Settling the west and conducting commerce

• Forcing Indians out of their lands

• Supply route for the French and Indian War

• No one used it