Name the battle
Important people
Dates to remember
What did they do?
Becoming a State
100

This battle involved men from 3 states: Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina

What is the Battle of Kings Mountain
100
These people were nomads, who were discovered at the Coats-Hines site

Who are the Paleo?

100

Tennessee had enough population to apply for statehood

1795

100

Dragging Canoe

attacked Watauga and Fort Nashborough

100

Year TN had enough population to apply for statehood

1795

200

This battle took place between the Cherokee and the settlers at Fort Nashborough

What is the Battle of the Bluffs?

200

Person who fought in the War of 1812 and later became the 7th President of the United States.

Who is Andrew Jackson?

200

The Battle of the Bluffs

1781

200

William Bean

Person who founded the first permanent white settlement

200

"State" established because it didn't want to be a part of North Carolina. Didn't last long..

Franklin
300
Nancy Ward warned the settlers before this battle took place.

What is the battle of the Bluffs?

300

These 2 people helped to found Fort Nashborough- finding the settlement and bringing the families

Who are James Robertson and John Donelson?
300

Tennessee becomes a state

June 1, 1796

300

Nancy Ward

Warns settlers of incoming Cherokee attack

300

Four things that were requirements to apply for statehood

population of 60,000

votes of residents that lived in the area

a state constitution

approval by Congress

400

This battle ended the War of 1812

What is the battle of New Orleans?

400

This person is called the Father of Tennessee and was its first governor

Who is John Sevier?

400

First permanent white settlement in Tennessee

1769

400

William Blount

governor of Southwest Territory
400

Year that TN became an official state

1796

500

This battle took place near a river in Alabama as a part of the War of 1812.

What is the Battle of Horseshoe Bend?

500

This person was the governor of the Southwest Territory

Who is William Blount?

500

the Appalachian Mountains was used as the boundary for the colonists and Native Americans. Settlers could no longer settle west of the Appalachians

Proclamation of 1763

500

Tecumseh

tried to get all Native Americans to fight together against the white man

500

Man who was first governor of TN

John Sevier