1 / 13

1700’s Appalachia

1700’s Appalachia. Kentucky in the 1700’s. 1739: Discovery of a mastadon graveyard by French explorer de Longueuil. 1750’s. Thomas Walker Christopher Gist French and Indian War Impact on KY?. 1760’s . Boone’s first exploration into KY. 1770’s. 1774: Lord Dunmore’s War

starr
Download Presentation

1700’s Appalachia

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. 1700’s Appalachia

  2. Kentucky in the 1700’s • 1739: Discovery of a mastadon graveyard by French explorer de Longueuil

  3. 1750’s • Thomas Walker • Christopher Gist • French and Indian War • Impact on KY?

  4. 1760’s • Boone’s first exploration into KY

  5. 1770’s • 1774: Lord Dunmore’s War • Shawnee did not sign a treaty in the ‘50’s with Virginia, so they began attacking frontier settlers. • Shawnee lost this war, ceding all claims south of Ohio River • 1774-75:James Harrod begins first permanent Kentucky settlement

  6. 1775: Richard Henderson gathers Cherokee chiefs at Treaty of Sycamore Shoals • Purchases most of KY for $50,000 through Transylvania Land Company • Boone leads settlers through Cumberland Gap, establishes Boonesborough • Other settlers did NOT acknowledge Transylvania. Why?....

  7. Henderson’s land scheme: to profit, have settlers pay taxes to him. Claiming it for British, not Virginia colony. • Dissension amongst settlers

  8. 1776 • Settlers send Rep’s (George Rogers Clark) to petition VA to invalidate Henderson’s claim. • Henderson petitions Congress to make Transylvania the 14th colony. • VA assembly invalidates Henderson’s claim. KY becomes VA land.

  9. Revolutionary War • Effect on KY: • British recruits Native Americans to harass the frontier settlements.

  10. 1778 • Shawnee siege of Boonesborough

  11. 1780’s • VA divided KY county into 3 counties: Fayette, Jefferson, Lincoln • 1782-83 Battle of Blue Licks • 1784: ten state conventions to determine statehood • Why did they want to separate? • Significance:

  12. 1790’s • 1792: Statehood • 1794: Fallen Timbers • 1795: Treaty of Greenville • 1796: Wilderness Rd opens for wagons • 1798: State legislature passes KY Resolutions opposing Alien and Sedition Acts

  13. 1798: State legislature passes KY Resolutions opposing Alien and Sedition Acts • Significance:

More Related