TN Statehoood Review

Watauga Association

• . Guaranteed essential freedoms in 1796 Tennessee Constitution

• Granted suffrage to all free men 21+, regardless of property

• Semi-autonomous government by settlers in the 1770s

• Highest court established by 1796 constitution

Southwest Territory

• Location of 1796 Tennessee Constitution convention

• Created in 1790, covering present-day Tennessee

• Highest court established by 1796 constitution

• Semi-autonomous government by settlers in the 1770s

Knoxville

• Location of 1796 Tennessee Constitution convention

• Created in 1790, covering present-day Tennessee

• . Highest court established by 1796 constitution

• . Semi-autonomous government by settlers in the 1770s

Bill of Rights

• Guaranteed essential freedoms in 1796 Tennessee Constitution

• . Granted suffrage to all free men 21+, regardless of property

• . Semi-autonomous government by settlers in the 1770s

• Highest court established by 1796 constitution

Voting Rights

• . Guaranteed essential freedoms in 1796 Tennessee Constitution

• . Granted suffrage to all free men 21+, regardless of property

• . Semi-autonomous government by settlers in the 1770s

• Highest court established by 1796 constitution

Supreme Court of Appeals

• Location of 1796 Tennessee Constitution convention

• Created in 1790, covering present-day Tennessee

• Highest court established by 1796 constitution

• Semi-autonomous government by settlers in the 1770s

Which document served as the governing document for Tennessee upon its admission to the Union?

• The Watauga Association charter

• The Cumberland Compact

• The Northwest Ordinance

• The Tennessee Constitution of 1796

The Tennessee Constitution of 1796 was modeled after the constitutions of which two states?

• North Carolina and Pennsylvania

• Virginia and South Carolina

• . Georgia and Maryland

• New York and Massachusetts

According to the 1796 constitution, which branch of the state government was given the most power?

• Legislative branch
• Administrative branch
• Judicial branch
• Executive branch

The 1796 constitution granted voting rights to:

• All residents of Tennessee

• All free men aged 21 and older, regardless of property ownership

• Only property-owning men

• Only tax-paying men