Settlers in the territory wanted the same approach to slavery as in the states they came from.
The french settlers came to Tennessee to trade fur with Native Americans.
Prior to Kansas joining the Union, the Kansas Territory was a hotbed of violence and chaos between anti-slavery and pro-slavery settlers. Kansas was known as Bleeding Kansas as these forces collided over the issue of slavery in the United States.
The Texas territory
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The settlers ignored treaties with Native Americans.
The first white settlers usually called it Dakota Territory.
Pioneers. First in a said territory.
Settlers in the territory wanted the same approach to slavery as in the states they came from.
The Tennessee frontier was part of North Carolina. The settlers in Tennessee felt that North Carolina could not govern the region. Therefore the settlers wanted Tennessee to become a state. That also would help the settlers defend themselves from the Cherokee. A convention was held in the Tennessee frontier. Most people wanted statehood. Therefore the convention voted to apply for statehood. A state constitution was written and Tennessee applied to Congress for statehood. Congress approved the application and Tennessee became the 16th state on June 1, 1796.
settlers attempted to take over the native Americans territory