Class Powerpoint

1. Bell Ringer
•Based on what you have learned
about the American Revolution,
describe a hypothetical situation
where the course and/or outcome of
the war could have changed.

2. Tennessee During
the Revolution
Essential Question: What effect did the Revolutionary time period have
on the state of Tennessee?
TN Standard: 8.26

3. Battle of Alamance
• War of Regulation- A
rebellion in North
Carolina over taxation
and control
• Regulators were back-
country farmers
protesting against the
royal governor of NC
• Regulators were
defeated. This is seen
as a pre-cursor to the
American Revolution

4. Watauga Settlement
• Created in 1772 by settlers
in near present-day
Elizabethton, TN
• Most of the settlers came
from Virginia but some
were Regulators who
fleeing North Carolina after
the Battle of Alamance
• Settlers formed the
Watauga Association after
purchasing land from the
Cherokee
• They formed the Watauga
Compact- set up their form
of government

5. James Robertson
• One of the early
founders of the
Watauga Association
• Met with other
settlers to purchase
lease land from the
Cherokees

6. Richard Henderson
• Head of the Transylvania
Company
• Negotiated a treaty with the
Cherokee called the Treaty of
Sycamore Shoals
• This treaty and purchase
(Transylvania Purchase)
included most of Kentucky
and modern-day East TN
• Treaty was technically illegal
because the law said only the
federal government could
make land purchases from
Native Americans
• Hired Daniel Boone to form
the Wilderness Road through
the Cumberland Gap

7. Dragging Canoe
• Son of influential Cherokee
leader, Little Carpenter
• Disagreed with the sale of
land to the Henderson and
settlers
• Formed the Chickamauga
tribe
• Led an unsuccessful
uprising against the settlers
• During the American
Revolution, he and his
father sided with the
British

8. Watauga Petitions and the
Washington District
• Wataugans were afraid
of Native American
attacks
• They sent out petitions
for help
• North Carolina
responded by using the
Washington District as a
means of protection for
the settlers
• The Washington District
was influential in the
development of
Washington, Co. TN

9. Nancy Ward
• Cherokee woman
(Dragging Canoe’s
cousin) from East TN
who believed in
peaceful co-existence
with Europeans
• Warned settlers
about impending
attacks by the
Cherokee

10. Settling the Cumberland River Area
• In 1779, Henderson sent
James Robertson and John
Donelson to lead two
groups of settlers into the
Cumberland River area
• 1,000 mile voyage
• Donelson’s group faced
many hardships: harsh
winters, swift river
currents, hunger, and
attacks
• They finally reached Big
Salt Lick and founded Fort
Nashborough, which would
become Nashville

11. The Cumberland Compact
• The official plan of
government for Fort
Nashborough
• Forerunner to the
Tennessee State
Constitution

12. Battle of the Bluffs
• 1781- 400 Chickamaugans led
by Dragging Canoe tried to
wipe out Fort Nashborough
• Settlers were losing the battle
and attempting to get back to
the fort but the gates were
locked
• James Robertson’s wife,
Charlotte, opened the gates
and released dogs to attack the
Chickamaugans
• This gave the settlers the break
they needed and they won the
battle to secure the settler
presence in the Cumberland
River Area