The Cumberland Settlements

What was the Transylvania Purchase?

• the agreement which allowed settlers to move out west

• the deal where goods were traded for land

• the governing document for the Cumberland Settlements

• the purchase of America from the British

What was Fort Nashborough?

• the city that became the United States capitol

• the deal where goods were trade for land

• the original site for the city of Nashville

• the site where the Battle of Kings Mountain took place

Who was John Donelson?

• the man who selected the site for the Cumberland Settlements

• the man who led the Cherokee people into Battle against the American settlers

• the man who carved out the Wilderness Road

• the man who brought a group of families to Fort Nashborough

What was the Cumberland Compact?

• the governing document for the Cumberland Settlements

• the deal where goods were traded for land

• the original site for the city of Nashville

• the Battle between the Cherokee people and the Cumberland settlers

Who was James Robertson?

• the man who brought a group of families to Fort Nashborough

• the man who cut trails through the Cumberland Mountains

• the man who selected the site for the Cumberland Settlements

• the man who finalized the Transylvania Purchase

How much land was "sold" during the Transylvania Purchase?

• 20 thousand acres

• 20 million acres

• 50 million acres

• 50 thousand acres

What is a land surveyor?

• a person who makes a purchase of land

• a person who builds a settlement on land

• a person who measures land and establishes land boundaries

• a person who finds new land and asks other people questions about it

Who fought in the Battle of the Bluffs?

• the Cumberland settlers and the Creek Indians

• the Cherokee Indians and the Fort Watauga settlers

• the British army and the Overmountain Men

• the Chickamauga Indians and the Fort Nashborough settlers

During the Battle of the Bluffs, the Cherokee captured the settlers'

• children

• horses

• dogs

• canoes

The Cherokee won the Battle of the Bluffs

• True

• False