TN chapter 4 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
The government had the right to ________ taxes, many of which seemed unjust to the colonists | levy |
Some of the pioneers wanted to be free of ___________, the cruel use of power by the government. | tyranny |
A __________, or citizen army, was used to protecet the settlers from attacks by the Native Americans. | militia |
Much of what now is Middle and West Tennesse was ___________ to the Native Americans by the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1763. | ceded |
Some settlers preferred to move to the ___________ just beyond the settled areas. | frontier |
The settlers of Watauga developed the first ______________ written by free people in America. It set out the basic laws under which they would be governed. | constitution |
At first, the British wanted the Native Americans to remain ___________ and not take sides during the revolutionary war. | neutral |
The ____________, the colonists who supported the American Revolution, defeated the British and won the war. | patriots |
Dragging Canoe resorted to ______________ ____________ to try to drive the settlers away when he could not convince the chiefs to stop selling land to the settlers. | guerrilla warfare |
Dragging Canoe believed that the Native Americans we being _______________, treated harshly and unjustly, by the settlers. | oppressed |
The Overmountain men faught _______________ and troops under Colonel Patrick Ferguson at the Bettle of King's Mountian. | loyalists |
After the French and Indian War, the British controlled all of North America? t or f | false |
one of the chief objectives of the long hunters was to collect animal pelts. t or f | true |
the first settlers who came into TN country were mainly from north carolina and georgia. t or f | false |
the articles of the watauga association represent the first constitution by a free people in america. t or f | true |
all of the cherokee leaders wholeheartedly supported the treaty of sycamore shoals. t or f | false |
the sympathies of the settlers in TN country were with the colonists during the Revolutionary War. t or f | true |
the cherokee, convinced they should take no part, remained neutral during the Revolutionary war. t or f | false |
TN volunteers played a major role in the victory at King's Mountain. t or f | true |
the 1783 treaty of paris ended the Revolutionary War with the British recognizing the independence of the American colonies. t or f | true |
Dragging Canoe tried to settle the disputes between the Native Americans and the settlers peaceably. t or f | false |
name the over mountain settlements | north of the holston carters valley watauga nolichucky |
was captured by the cherokee in 1776 but was saved from execution by Nancy Ward | Lydia Bean |
was an early TN settler who built a cabin on Boone's Creek in the Watauga river area | william bean |
left his home in the Yadkin valley in north carolina and came to TN as early as 1760 | Daniel Boone |
opposed the sale of Native Ameican lands to the transylvania land company | dragging canoe |
was the leader of the british forces at the battle of kings mountian | colonel patrik ferguson |
organized the transylvania land company | richard henderson |
favored the sale of Native American lands to the transylvania land company | little carpenter |
organized a bucket brigade at the fort at watauga, showering attacking native americans with scalding hot water | anne robertson |
is believed to have the first come to tennessee in 1770 at the side of daniel boone. | james robertson |
thought of a plan to attack the british forces at Kings mountian (fought against patrick f.) | colonel isaac shelby |
went with the little carpenter to inspect the goods being offered for native american lands (beloved woman) | nancy ward |
men who traveled great distances to hunt game | long hunters |
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