Chapter 2 Notes Flashcards
Who stirred individuals or groups to move away from their familiar surroundings for settlement in the Tennessee country?
Regulators.
What treaty drew new boundary lines in an effort to prohibit the incursion of white settlers south and west of those lines? (HINT: It was misunderstood)
The Lochaber Treaty.
What was a quasi-government in the wilderness?
The Watauga Association.
Who was born at Chota, in a wolf clan, her husband was Kingfisher, helped the Cherokees develop dairy operations, and was last of the “Beloved Women”?
Nancy Ward.
Who was the son of Attakullkulla, and protested against the purchase agreement?
Dragging Canoe.
What treaty the Richard Henderson made to persuade the Overhill Cherokees to sell an enormous amount of land?
The Treat of Sycamore Shoals. (a.k.a Transylvania Purchase)
Who were the “infamous company of land pirates”?
Transylvania Group.
What battle did the frontiersman where they forced the British to surrender? (HINT: Lead by John Sevier)
Battle of King’s Mountains.
Who took people, by boat, down the Cumberland River?
John Donelson.
Who led an exploring party going by way of the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky?
James Robertson.
What contract called for the creation of a civil government, and represented the settlers’ desire for self-governance and independence from North Carolina? (HINT: was a land-buying contract)
The Cumberland Compact.
What Act reopened the land offices and put on the market all lands not within the designated military reservation?
The Land Grab Act of 1783.
What district was named after a Spanish governor of Louisiana? (HINT: Was subdivided between Tennessee county and Summer County)
Mero District.
John Sevier named what statehood?
The State of Franklin.
Who was an American pioneer that attempted to create a colony called the Transylvania Group. (HINT: He was a judge from N.C. and loved land)
Richard Henderson.
