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WorksheetsTN History Week 5 (Lost State of Franklin)
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 15mins
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
11. Which prehistoric group hunted mastodons and large bison?
Paleo
Archaic
Woodland
Mississippian
12. Which of the following was NOT one of the Three Sisters?
Peppers
Corn
Beans
Squash
13. Which of the following was NOT one of the required steps to statehood?
Population of 60,000
Citizens could vote on statehood
Citizens elect a governor
Congressional approval
Creation of state's constitution
14. Who fought against the white settlers of Fort Nashborough in the Battle of the Bluff?
Cherokee
Creek
Chickasaw
Shawnee
15. What is a site located in Madison County, where seventeen Indian mounds have been found?
Coats-Hines Site
Pinson Mounds
Old Stone Fort
Chucalissa Indian Village
16. Who was King George III "reserving" the land west of the Appalachian Mountains for?
White men
Native Americans
Spanish Settlers
Explorers
17. In what year did Tennessee become a state?
1776
1796
1812
1831
18. Which of the following tribes of Indians lived in WEST Tennessee?
Shawnee
Chickasaw
Cherokee
Creek
19. Which of the following tribes of Indians lived in EAST Tennessee?
Cherokee
Creek
Chickasaw
Shawnee
20. Why did the Cumberland Settlement have lots of game?
Big Salt Lick
Climate
Elevation
Tennessee River
21. The _______ is where Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia meet at the Cumberland Plateau.
Watauga Settlement
Cumberland Gap
Wilderness Trail
None of the above
22. Why did the settlers of Frankland change their name to Franklin?
Easier to spell
Try to sway Benjamin Franklin
Impress North Carolina
It was a typo they tried to cover up
23. Which state is King's Mountain located in?
Tennessee
Georgia
South Carolina
Virginia
24. Who created a system of syllables, similar to an alphabet, for the Cherokee to use?
Dragging Canoe
Nancy Ward
Sacagawea
Sequoyah
25. ______ Indians belonged to a clan, a particular group of families that shared a common ancestor.
Cherokee
Creek
Chickasaw
Shawnee
26. Who, along with his followers, was referred to as a Longhunter?
Daniel Boone
John Sevier
Duck Dynasty
Sequoyah
27. True or False: The State of Franklin was admitted as a state in 1787.
True
False
28. True or False: The first capital of Tennessee was Nashville.
True
False
