Tennessee

 

This amazing map card sent by Cecilia N from USA  02 April 2013. 

The card shows the map of state, the IRIS flower ,Largemouth Bass fish , Gentleman Jack Rare Tennessee Whiskey, Northern mockingbird,flag of the state,raccoon animal symbol of  Tennessee wild life ,and Seal of Tennessee.

Timeline 1541 - Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto is the first European to visit Tennessee. 1714 - Fort Lick is established near where Nashville will one day be located. 1763 - The British take control from the French after the French and Indian War. 1784 - The State of Franklin is established. It will come to an end in 1788. 1796 - Congress makes Tennessee the 16th state of the United States. 1815 - Andrew Jackson leads Tennessee troops to victory in the Battle of New Orleans. 1826 - Nashville is made the capital. 1828 - Andrew Jackson is elected President of the United States. 1844 - James K. Polk from Tennessee is elected President of the United States. 1861 - Tennessee is the last of the southern states to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy. 1866 - Tennessee is readmitted as a state in the Union. 1933 - The first hydroelectric dam is built by the Tennessee Valley Authority. 1940 - President Franklin Roosevelt dedicates the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. 1968 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.

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1541 - Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto is the first European to visit Tennessee. 1714 - Fort Lick is established near where Nashville will one day be located. 1763 - The British take control from the French after the French and Indian War. 1784 - The State of Franklin is established. It will come to an end in 1788. 1796 - Congress makes Tennessee the 16th state of the United States. 1815 - Andrew Jackson leads Tennessee troops to victory in the Battle of New Orleans. 1826 - Nashville is made the capital. 1828 - Andrew Jackson is elected President of the United States. 1844 - James K. Polk from Tennessee is elected President of the United States. 1861 - Tennessee is the last of the southern states to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy. 1866 - Tennessee is readmitted as a state in the Union. 1933 - The first hydroelectric dam is built by the Tennessee Valley Authority. 1940 - President Franklin Roosevelt dedicates the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. 1968 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.

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1541 - Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto is the first European to visit Tennessee. 1714 - Fort Lick is established near where Nashville will one day be located. 1763 - The British take control from the French after the French and Indian War. 1784 - The State of Franklin is established. It will come to an end in 1788. 1796 - Congress makes Tennessee the 16th state of the United States. 1815 - Andrew Jackson leads Tennessee troops to victory in the Battle of New Orleans. 1826 - Nashville is made the capital. 1828 - Andrew Jackson is elected President of the United States. 1844 - James K. Polk from Tennessee is elected President of the United States. 1861 - Tennessee is the last of the southern states to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy. 1866 - Tennessee is readmitted as a state in the Union. 1933 - The first hydroelectric dam is built by the Tennessee Valley Authority. 1940 - President Franklin Roosevelt dedicates the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. 1968 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Timeline 1541 - Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto is the first European to visit Tennessee. 1714 - Fort Lick is established near where Nashville will one day be located. 1763 - The British take control from the French after the French and Indian War. 1784 - The State of Franklin is established. It will come to an end in 1788. 1796 - Congress makes Tennessee the 16th state of the United States. 1815 - Andrew Jackson leads Tennessee troops to victory in the Battle of New Orleans. 1826 - Nashville is made the capital. 1828 - Andrew Jackson is elected President of the United States. 1844 - James K. Polk from Tennessee is elected President of the United States. 1861 - Tennessee is the last of the southern states to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy. 1866 - Tennessee is readmitted as a state in the Union. 1933 - The first hydroelectric dam is built by the Tennessee Valley Authority. 1940 - President Franklin Roosevelt dedicates the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. 1968 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.

Read more at: https://www.ducksters.com/geography/us_states/tennessee_history.php
This text is Copyright © Ducksters. Do not use without permission.