Becoming Tennessee

5. document that outlines the laws and structure of a government
7. Native American group who lived in Tennessee before and during settlement
8. land owned and governed by the United States before becoming a state
11. co-founder of Nashville who led settlers on a river journey to the area
14. early settler who moved west to start a new life
15. process of becoming an official state in the United States
17. elected leader of a state or territory
19. early Tennessee settlement that created its own compact for self-government

1. short-lived attempt to form a state before Tennessee officially joined the Union
2. city that began as Fort Nashborough and grew into a major Tennessee settlement
3. first capital city of the new state of Tennessee
4. another word for an agreement or promise among settlers
6. group of states that make up the United States of America
7. river region where early settlements like Nashville were built
9. edge of settled land where pioneers built homes and faced challenges
10. founder of the Cumberland Settlement that became Nashville
12. Tennessee’s first governor and Revolutionary War hero
13. territorial governor who helped write Tennessee’s first constitution
16. written agreement made by settlers at Watauga to create laws and order
18. formal agreement made between different groups or nations