Important Leaders
Tennessee’s first governor
John Sevier
The year Tennessee became a state
1796
A passage through the Appalachian Mountains used by settlers migrating west
Cumberland Gap
In both Creek and Shawnee communities, women usually performed this responsibility while men hunted.
Growing crops
Becoming an official state in the United States
Statehood
The governor of the Southwest Territory
William Blount
Tennessee had to write this document before becoming a state
state constitution
This land agreement allowed Tennessee to expand westward
Jackson Purchase
During this early period, Indigenous people improved their ability to survive by using more tools.
Archaic period
Moving from one place to another
Migration
The Cherokee leader who warned Watauga settlers about an attack
Nancy Ward
This territory included present-day Tennessee before it achieved statehood
Southwest Territory
The forced journey of the Cherokee to lands west of the Mississippi River
Trail of Tears
This was the earliest period in Tennessee’s Indigenous history.
Paleo period
Land controlled by the United States that has not become a state
The two leaders who founded the Cumberland settlement
James Robertson and John Donelson
This proposed state failed because it did not receive enough states’ approval
State of Franklin
The battle where Andrew Jackson and his militia defeated the Red Sticks
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
This period came after the Woodland period and was known for advanced farming, trade, and mound building.
Mississippian period
A written plan explaining how a state government will operate
State of constitution
The volunteer militiamen who helped defeat the Loyalists at Kings Mountain
Overmountain Men
This agreement helped Watauga settlers create laws and maintain order
Watauga Compact
The correct order of Tennessee’s four early Indigenous periods
Paleo, Archaic, Woodland and Mississippian
Place these four periods in chronological order from earliest to latest: Woodland, Mississippian, Paleo, and Archaic.
Paleo, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian
Arranging people, events or periods from earliest to latest