1. 1700’s Appalachia

2. Kentucky in the 1700’s  1739: Discovery of a mastadon graveyard by French explorer de Longueuil

3. 1750’s  Thomas Walker  Christopher Gist  French and Indian War  Impact on KY?

4. 1760’s  Boone’s first exploration into KY

5. 1770’s  1774: Lord Dunmore’s War  Shawnee did not sign a treaty in the ‘50’s with Virginia, so they began attacking frontier settlers.  Shawnee lost this war, ceding all claims south of Ohio River  1774-75:James Harrod begins first permanent Kentucky settlement

6.  1775: Richard Henderson gathers Cherokee chiefs at Treaty of Sycamore Shoals  Purchases most of KY for $50,000 through Transylvania Land Company  Boone leads settlers through Cumberland Gap, establishes Boonesborough  Other settlers did NOT acknowledge Transylvania. Why?....

7.  Henderson’s land scheme: to profit, have settlers pay taxes to him. Claiming it for British, not Virginia colony.  Dissension amongst settlers

8. 1776  Settlers send Rep’s (George Rogers Clark) to petition VA to invalidate Henderson’s claim.  Henderson petitions Congress to make Transylvania the 14 th colony.  VA assembly invalidates Henderson’s claim. KY becomes VA land.

9. Revolutionary War  Effect on KY:  British recruits Native Americans to harass the frontier settlements.

10. 1778  Shawnee siege of Boonesborough

11. 1780’s  VA divided KY county into 3 counties: Fayette, Jefferson, Lincoln  1782-83 Battle of Blue Licks  1784: ten state conventions to determine statehood  Why did they want to separate?  Significance:

12. 1790’s  1792: Statehood  1794: Fallen Timbers  1795: Treaty of Greenville  1796: Wilderness Rd opens for wagons  1798: State legislature passes KY Resolutions opposing Alien and Sedition Acts

13.  Significance: