Colonial America
Revolutionary Era Events in Tennessee
18 events — 1492 to early statehood
1772
Watauga-Cherokee 10-Year Land Lease
Tennessee · Treaty · Revolutionary Era
1772
Formation of the Watauga Association
Tennessee · Founding · Revolutionary Era
1775
Washington District Committee of Safety Created
Tennessee · Founding · Revolutionary Era
1775
Washington District Formed and Annexed by North Carolina
Tennessee · Transition Of Power · Revolutionary Era
1776
Cherokee Attacks on Overmountain Settlements
Tennessee · Battle · Revolutionary Era
1776
Cherokee Attack on Watauga Settlements
Tennessee · Battle · Revolutionary Era
1776
North Carolina Annexes Washington District
Tennessee · Transition Of Power · Revolutionary Era
1776
Cherokee Invasion Defeated at Fort Watauga
Tennessee · Battle · Revolutionary Era
1777
Washington District Becomes Washington County, NC
Tennessee · Founding · Revolutionary Era
1777
Treaty of Long Island with Cherokee
Tennessee · Treaty · Revolutionary Era
1780
Overmountain Men Capture Fort Thickety
Tennessee · Battle · Revolutionary Era
1780
Cornwallis Abandons Invasion of North Carolina
Tennessee · Transition Of Power · Revolutionary Era
1780
Battle of Musgrove Mill
Tennessee · Battle · Revolutionary Era
1780
Sevier's Expedition Against Chickamauga Cherokee
Tennessee · Expedition · Revolutionary Era
1780
Battle of Kings Mountain
Tennessee · Battle · Revolutionary Era
1780
Cumberland Compact Drafted
Tennessee · Founding · Revolutionary Era
1780
Overmountain Men Muster at Sycamore Shoals
Tennessee · Other · Revolutionary Era
1781
Battle of Yorktown — Wataugan Present
Tennessee · Battle · Revolutionary Era
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