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TN History Week 5 (Lost State of Franklin)

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

Overmountain Men

c)

Wilderness Trail

d)

Cumberland Gap

2.

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

a)

John Sevier

b)

Daniel Boone

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

Tom Holland

3.

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?

a)

Overmountain men

b)

John Sevier

c)

State of Frankland

d)

Fort Night

4.

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

a)

Battle of the Bluff

b)

Knoxville

c)

Proclamation of 1763

d)

Wilderness Trail

5.

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.

a)

State of Franklin

b)

Kentucky

c)

Fort Nashborough

d)

Knoxville

6.

6. What occurred when the Cherokee attacked Bluff Station?

a)

World War 1

b)

Battle of the Bluff

c)

Knoxville

d)

State of Frankland

7.

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

a)

Fort Nashborough

b)

Knoxville

c)

Watauga

d)

Henderson

8.

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

a)

Mrs. Capps

b)

Knoxville

c)

TN Vols

d)

Nashville

9.

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

a)

Watauga

b)

Frankland

c)

Franklin

d)

Fort Nashborough

10.

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

a)

James Robertson

b)

John Donelson

c)

Daniel Boone

d)

John Sevier

11.

11. Which prehistoric group hunted mastodons and large bison?

a)

Paleo

b)

Archaic

c)

Woodland

d)

Mississippian

12.

12. Which of the following was NOT one of the Three Sisters?

a)

Peppers

b)

Corn

c)

Beans

d)

Squash

13.

13. Which of the following was NOT one of the required steps to statehood?

a)

Population of 60,000

b)

Citizens could vote on statehood

c)

Citizens elect a governor

d)

Congressional approval

e)

Creation of state's constitution

14.

14. Who fought against the white settlers of Fort Nashborough in the Battle of the Bluff?

a)

Cherokee

b)

Creek

c)

Chickasaw

d)

Shawnee

15.

15. What is a site located in Madison County, where seventeen Indian mounds have been found?

a)

Coats-Hines Site

b)

Pinson Mounds

c)

Old Stone Fort

d)

Chucalissa Indian Village

16.

16. Who was King George III "reserving" the land west of the Appalachian Mountains for?

a)

White men

b)

Native Americans

c)

Spanish Settlers

d)

Explorers

17.

17. In what year did Tennessee become a state?

a)

1776

b)

1796

c)

1812

d)

1831

18.

18. Which of the following tribes of Indians lived in WEST Tennessee?

a)

Shawnee

b)

Chickasaw

c)

Cherokee

d)

Creek

19.

19. Which of the following tribes of Indians lived in EAST Tennessee?

a)

Cherokee

b)

Creek

c)

Chickasaw

d)

Shawnee

20.

20. Why did the Cumberland Settlement have lots of game?

a)

Big Salt Lick

b)

Climate

c)

Elevation

d)

Tennessee River

21.

21. The _______ is where Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia meet at the Cumberland Plateau.

a)

Watauga Settlement

b)

Cumberland Gap

c)

Wilderness Trail

d)

None of the above

22.

22. Why did the settlers of Frankland change their name to Franklin?

a)

Easier to spell

b)

Try to sway Benjamin Franklin

c)

Impress North Carolina

d)

It was a typo they tried to cover up

23.

23. Which state is King's Mountain located in?

a)

Tennessee

b)

Georgia

c)

South Carolina

d)

Virginia

24.

24. Who created a system of syllables, similar to an alphabet, for the Cherokee to use?

a)

Dragging Canoe

b)

Nancy Ward

c)

Sacagawea

d)

Sequoyah

25.

25. ______ Indians belonged to a clan, a particular group of families that shared a common ancestor.

a)

Cherokee

b)

Creek

c)

Chickasaw

d)

Shawnee

26.

26. Who, along with his followers, was referred to as a Longhunter?

a)

Daniel Boone

b)

John Sevier

c)

Duck Dynasty

d)

Sequoyah

27.

27. True or False: The State of Franklin was admitted as a state in 1787.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

28. True or False: The first capital of Tennessee was Nashville.

a)

True

b)

False