Kentucky: The First “Frontier” State Constitution State constitutions are a pretty big deal in my economic development history. Not only does the state constitution create
Category: Post Revolutionary War Virginia Articles of Confederation
6.7 Kentucky’s Drive to Statehood
Kentucky’s drive to attain statehood–independence from Virginia–formally began in September, 1784. It ended successfully in spring 1791. Tennessee’s started in the same year, in October,
6.6 Settlement of Middle Tennessee: Henderson’s Compatriots and the Birth of Nashville
Settlement of Middle Tennessee When North Carolina annexed Watauga in 1776, the latter was fighting dissident Cherokees supplied and encouraged by the British. Over the
6.5 Kentucky as a Virginia County
The reader ought to know a bit of what’s coming in this module. First, Kentucky was an offshoot from Virginia. It spent seventeen years as
6.4 Settlement Begins and Virginia Takes Over Kentucky:Daniel Boone the Economic Developer
Settlement Begins: Tennessee and Kentucky–Virginia Takes Over Kentucky This module first describes the initial, pre-1780 settlement of Tennessee and Kentucky, detailing the major actors and
6.3 Dynamics & Realities Underlying Trans-Appalachian Western Settlement
Dynamics Underlying Trans-Appalachian/Mississippi River Western Settlement Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio were the first trans-Appalachian western states–all three would be states by 1803. European settlement was
Ron W. Coan 