Southwestern Territory: Phase I of Blount’s Drive to Statehood The State of Franklin, a study in political fiction, land speculation and homestead settlement, sort of
Category: Virginia Dynasty: Jefferson to Clay
6.11 Plan B: the State of Franklin
The State of Franklin: a Nothing-burger, a Land Speculator’s Republic, or an Experiment in Western Democracy? (1784-1789) Few Americans, and no economic developers, are aware
6.10 Tennessee Drive to Statehood: William Blount’s Land Speculation Coup Plan A
Tennessee’s Drive to Statehood: “You Ain’t in Kentucky Darling” I have more than hinted, I have nagged ad nasuum, Tennessee’s path to Statehood was dramatically
6.9 Kentucky’s Initial Policy System
the Initial Kentucky Policy System: Policy-Making in the Early Republic Wilderness Today it is hard for us to imagine the basic housekeeping and initial institutionalization,
6.8 Kentucky’s Two Constitutions and Local Government
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
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,
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