Trans-Appalachian West

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frontier region historical region

The Trans-Appalachian West is the broad frontier region of the early United States lying west of the Appalachian Mountains, encompassing territories that were gradually settled and organized into new states during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
American West interior	1
Trans-Appalachian frontier	1
United States western frontier	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	frontier region ⓘ historical region ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	American westward expansion ⓘ Indian removal policies ⓘ Northwest Indian War NERFINISHED ⓘ War of 1812 NERFINISHED ⓘ
borders	Appalachian Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedAs	frontier ⓘ settlement frontier ⓘ westward expansion region ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
demographicTrend	migration from Atlantic seaboard states ⓘ rapid population growth ⓘ
developedFrom	British colonial backcountry ⓘ Native American homelands NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicActivity	commercial agriculture ⓘ fur trade ⓘ river trade ⓘ subsistence farming ⓘ
governedBy	Land Ordinance of 1785 NERFINISHED ⓘ Northwest Ordinance NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 19th century ⓘ late 18th century ⓘ
includesRegion	Alabama region ⓘ Illinois Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ Indiana Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ Northwest Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohio Country NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Northwest NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ frontier regions of Georgia ⓘ western Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ western Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	North America ⓘ
locatedWestOf	Appalachian Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	early United States ⓘ
politicalSignificance	contests over slavery expansion ⓘ expansion of federal authority ⓘ formation of new states ⓘ
primaryInhabitants	Euro-American settlers ⓘ various Native American nations ⓘ
timeEnd	mid 19th century ⓘ
timeStart	late 18th century ⓘ
traversedBy	Cumberland River NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohio River NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennessee River NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bourbon County, Virginia → historicalRegion → Trans-Appalachian West ⓘ

Kentucky frontier → locatedIn → Trans-Appalachian West ⓘ

Harrods Town → partOf → Trans-Appalachian West ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trans-Appalachian frontier

Territory South of the River Ohio → partOf → Trans-Appalachian West ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States western frontier

Inland California → partOf → Trans-Appalachian West ⓘ

this entity surface form: American West interior