civics ch. 5 test flash cards

Set: civics ch. 5 test

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	Term	Definition
	assets	items of value that are owned
	Cumberland	middle section of the Tennessee land
	jurisdiction	area or territory over which legal power extends
	Big Salt Lick	located on what is now the city of Nash.
	land grant	parcel of land given to a settler in exchange for an agreement to live there
	Fort Nashborough	the structiure built for protection at Big Salt Lick
	flotilla	a fleet of boats or small ships
	Davidson county	formed from the Cumberland settlements by a legislative act in April 1783
	null and void	having no legal force
	cooper	a person who mends buckets, pots, and other utensils
	stations	new settlements that often included a small fort for protection
	Adventure	John Donelson's boat
	slave	a person who is bound to a life of service to another and who has few rights
	quarantine	to isolate from others so as to prevent spread of disease
	Cumberland Compact	the document establishing governmental structure in the Cumberland settlements
	John Donelson	leader of the flotilla to the Cumberland settlement
	Bluff station	the residents of this settlement fired cannons, driving Indian attackers from a neiboring settlemen
	palisade	a fence with tall pointed stakes

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