Tennessee frontier

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The Tennessee frontier was the early American borderland region in what is now Tennessee, characterized by sparse settlement, conflict with Native American nations, and the activities of pioneering settlers and military leaders like James Winchester.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American frontier
historical region
associatedWith Appalachian Mountains
Cumberland Plateau transition areas
surface form: Cumberland Plateau

Cumberland River
Tennessee River
characterizedBy conflict with Native American nations
fortified stations
frontier violence
land speculation
militia activity
pioneer settlements
sparse settlement
subsistence agriculture
conflictType settler–Native American conflict
country United States of America
surface form: United States
demographicFeature predominantly Anglo-American settlers
economicActivity hunting
land speculation
small-scale farming
trapping
followedBy Tennessee
surface form: State of Tennessee
governedBy Southwest Territory
hasEvent Chickamauga Wars
Nickajack Expedition
Indian War
surface form: Southwest Indian Wars

Gulf Coast theater of the War of 1812
surface form: War of 1812 campaigns in the South
hasSettlement Clarksville
Fort Blount
Fort Nashborough
Jonesborough
Knoxville, Tennessee
surface form: Knoxville

Nashborough
involves Andrew Jackson
Cherokee Nation (historical)
surface form: Cherokee Nation

Cherokee
surface form: Chickamauga Cherokee

Chickasaw Nation
Creek (Muscogee) Nation
surface form: Creek Nation

James Robertson
James Winchester
John Sevier
Tennessee militia
locatedIn Appalachia
surface form: Appalachian region

Southern United States
Tennessee
militaryRole staging ground for western campaigns
partOf Old West
surface form: American frontier

Upper South
surface form: Old Southwest
precededBy State of Franklin
Watauga Association
timePeriod early 19th century
late 18th century

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James Winchester historicalRegion Tennessee frontier