Tennessee Statehood the Struggle (i.e. Process) Behind Tennessee Statehood and State-building Statehood Kentucky negotiated its statehood with the State of Virginia, a seven year long
Category: Washington & Adams: the Two Tribes Evolve
6.12 Blount’s Political Machine Fights Cherokee War
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
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
Ron W. Coan 