In the 1780s, Settlers in Western Areas Such as Tennessee

question 115

Multiple Choice

In the 1780s, settlers in western areas such as Tennessee and Kentucky

• A) were especially attentive to what land belonged to Indians and purchased Indian land legally.
• B) found that the soil was poor for growing cash crops such as tobacco or cotton and moved westward.
• C) believed they had a right to take possession of western lands and use them as they saw fit.
• D) were largely wealthy plantation owners who helped settle thriving trading towns along the rivers.
• E) threatened civil war because they considered the Confederation Congress to be too powerful.

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