The state of Tennessee was formerly named for?
The State of Franklin (also the Free Republic of Franklin or the State of Frankland) was an unrecognized, autonomous "territory" located in what is today eastern Tennessee. Franklin was created in 1784 from part of the territory west of the Appalachian Mountains that had been offered by North Carolina as a cession to Congress to help pay off debts related to the American War for Independence. It was founded with the intent of becoming the fourteenth state of the new United States.
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36 Comments
Maia
How in the world does one answer such an unspecific question without any clue to what the writer is referring to?
Al Breyette
Rosie this question makes no sense and Tennessee was named for the Tanasi Indians
Mary Obersteadt
This question and answer makes no sense.
Mike Bernhardt
This question not very well submitted. The actual name of that state had nothing to do with the four possible selections.
Chrissy Krainock Luders
Everything I saw referred to it always as Tanasi- the Cherokee word for it.
dmarkc
What's missing is this Republic of Franklin was not recognized as such, even though they elected a governor named John Sevier who named the territory after Ben Franklin in an attempt to gain his support in their bid for statehood. It failed. It became the 16th state by an act of Congress in 1796.
Donna Carder-Kummer
Tennessee was named for the Cherokee Tanasi Indians!
Donna Shaw
What ever
Maurice O'Neill
Perhaps a different wording would have been helpful, but a significant percentage of us knew that Franklin was the name for the entity that paved the way for the state of Tennessee
Mike Crisanti
Fine question. You're all upset because you got it wrong.
Derrick Lemmers
Definitely not worded right. It was named Tanasi
Which was a Cherokee town in the eastern part of the state. The state of Franklin (Frankland) was territory west of the Appalachian Mountains that was offered by NC to help pay off debts
Ed Pierce
The county of Franklin, Tennessee was named after Franklin but not the state. The state was named for the Tanasi Indians.
Cheryl Love
None of the answers are correct. The correct answer is the Cherokee Tanasi! Get it right Quizzclub!
Dr. Bhoomz
The question is ridiculous, which makes the answer the same. The correct answer should be "Tanasi" after the Cherokee Indians.
Joanne Serin
Char, like many states and geographical features.
Wayne Jines
I was raised in Tennessee and never heard of this. There is a Franklin County if I remember right, but several states have a county with that name.
Char
Mary Clinton, majority is what the majority of voters picked not a verified answer
Char
Al Breyette, now that's more logical just like Kentucky was named by the Indians there
June Abramowitz
Good question,I learned something new today.
Dawn Barela
This is a really lame question. The options make no sense at all. I had to read through the Wikipedia listing just to make sense of it!!
Dawn Barela
Another stupidbot question!!
Larry Hughes
Karen Copus, or you could just study American history!
Larry Hughes
Maia , People who know American History knew the answer.