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Civics 101: Tennessee, from territory to state

Last week we looked at development of Tennessee’s Constitution. This week we look earlier in the state’s history, with information from the Tennessee Secretary of State’s website: • The territory of Tennessee originally consisted of six counties — Washington, Sullivan, Greene, Davidson, Sumner, and Tennessee (later Montgomery and Robertson) — under the jurisdiction of North Carolina from 1777 to 1788. • In 1784, dissatisfied East Tennesseans formed the breakaway state of Franklin, or “Frankland,” under the direction of John Sevier, the newly named governor.

 

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