Southwest Territory
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Was an organized incorporated territory of the United States.
Establishment
May 1790: In 1790, the land recently ceded by North Carolina was organized as the Southwest Territory. This territory was governed by William Blount, a prominent politician and land speculator, who played a key role in its development and eventual admission to the Union as the state of Tennessee.
Chronology
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Were fought by European governments and colonists in North America, and later by the United States and Canadian governments and American and Canadian settlers, against various American Indian and First Nation tribes.
1.1.Cherokee-American wars
Were a series of skirmishes between the Cherokee and the American settlers on the frontier.
February 1792: The Treaty of Holston (or Treaty of the Holston) was a treaty between the United States government and the Cherokee signed on July 2, 1791, and proclaimed on February 7, 1792. It was negotiated and signed by William Blount, governor of the Southwest Territory and superintendent of Indian affairs for the southern district for the United States, and various representatives of the Cherokee peoples, most notably John Watts. The treaty established terms of relations between the United States and the Cherokee, and established that the Cherokee tribes were to fall under the protection of the United States
June 1796: The Southwest Territory was admitted as the sixteenth state, Tennessee.
Disestablishment
June 1796: The Southwest Territory was admitted as the sixteenth state, Tennessee.
Selected Sources
Order of States’ Admission. Arkansas Secretary of State. Retrieved on 3 April 2024 on https://www.sos.arkansas.gov/education/arkansas-history/history-of-the-flag/order-of-states-admission
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