 | Term | Definition |
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assets |
items of value that are owned |
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adventure |
John Donelson's boat |
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Big Salt Lick |
Located on what is now the city of Nashville |
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Bluff Station |
The residents if this settlement fired cannon, driving Indian attackers from a neighboring settlement |
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cooper |
a person who mends buckets, pots, and other utensils |
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Cumberland Compact |
The document establishing governmental structure in the Cumberland settlements |
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Cumberland |
Middle section of Tennessee land |
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Davidson County |
formed by the Cumberland settlements by a legislative act in April 1783 |
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John Donelson |
Leader of the flotilla to the Cumberland settlement |
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flotilla |
a fleet of boats or small ships |
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Fort Nashborough |
The structure built for protection at Big Salt Lick |
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jurisdiction |
area or territory over which legal power extends |
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land grant |
Parcel of land given to a settler in exchange for an agreement to live there |
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null and void |
having no legal force |
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palisade |
a fence of tall, pointed stakes |
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quarantine |
to isolate from others so as to prevent the spread of a contagious disease |
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slave |
a person bound to a life of sevice to others and who has few rights |
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stations |
new settlements that also included a small fort for protection |
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