Tennessee Statehood (Ch 9)

How did longhunters affect settlement of the frontier?

• Less people wanted to settle the frontier after the longhunters told them about the Proclamation of 1763.

• More people wanted to settle the frontier after the longhunters hunted all of the animals in the East.

• Less people wanted to settle the frontier after the longhunters told them about the dangers of the mountain roads.

• More people wanted to settle the frontier after the longhunters told them about the good land they saw.

traveled west in a flotilla on the Holston, Tennessee, Ohio, and Cumberland Rivers

• John Donelson

• William Bean

• both

helped settle Tennessee

• John Donaldson

• William Bean

• both

part of the first permanent settlement in Tennessee

• John Donaldson

• William Bean

traveled throughout East Tennessee with Daniel Boone

• John Donaldson

• William Bean

• both

established a settlement at Fort Nashborough

• John Donaldson

• William Bean

• both

Why was Tennessee eligible to apply for statehood in 1795?

• Tennessee had started its first settlement by that year

• North Carolina repealed the Proclamation of 1763 in that year

• North Carolina gave the Southwest Territory to the federal government in that year

• Tennessee had a large enough population by that year

How did the development of the Wilderness Road and the Warrior’s Path help Tennessee become a state?

• These trails encouraged western expansion into the area that became Tennessee.

• These trails reduced the value of the Southwest Territory to North Carolina

• Owners of these trails required pioneers to pay high tolls to use them, slowing the growth of Tennessee’s population

• These trails marked natural boundaries for the frontier states.

Which states were models for Tennessee’s first constitution?

• Pennsylvania and North Carolina

• Virginia and North Carolina

• Virginia and Georgia

• Pennsylvania and Georgia

Prior to becoming a state in 1796, Tennessee had a convention to create its first __________ .

• constitution

• territorial map

• letter of statehood

• Tennessee state militia