State of Franklin
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The State of Franklin was a short-lived, unrecognized breakaway territory in the 1780s that attempted to become the fourteenth U.S. state in what is now eastern Tennessee.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| State of Franklin canonical | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical polity
ⓘ
unrecognized U.S. breakaway territory ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Frankland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Free Republic of Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aspiredStatus | fourteenth U.S. state ⓘ |
| capital |
Greeneville
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jonesborough NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | civil conflict with North Carolina loyalists ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| conventionalLongName | State of Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States (de jure) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currency | barter ⓘ |
| dissolutionCause |
internal political divisions
ⓘ
reassertion of North Carolina authority ⓘ |
| endDate | 1788 ⓘ |
| establishedFrom | western counties of North Carolina ⓘ |
| firstGovernor | John Sevier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founder |
John Sevier
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
settlers of the Washington District ⓘ |
| governmentType | republic ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Confederation period of the United States
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Post–American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| leader | John Sevier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leaderTitle | Governor ⓘ |
| legalStatus | considered illegal by North Carolina authorities ⓘ |
| legislature | Franklin General Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Appalachian Mountains
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
eastern Tennessee ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Benjamin Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of Tennessee
ⓘ
history of the United States expansion westward ⓘ |
| predecessor |
North Carolina
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ⓘ
Washington District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForFormation |
North Carolina’s cession of its western lands to the Confederation Congress
ⓘ
frontier settlers’ desire for self-government ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
no foreign governments
ⓘ
not recognized by the Confederation Congress ⓘ |
| religion | Protestantism (de facto) ⓘ |
| startDate | 1784 ⓘ |
| status |
short-lived
ⓘ
unrecognized by the United States Congress ⓘ |
| successor |
Southwest Territory
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ⓘ
State of Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territorialClaim |
present-day Greene County, Tennessee
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
present-day Hawkins County, Tennessee ⓘ present-day Sullivan County, Tennessee ⓘ present-day Washington County, Tennessee ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.