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Tag: North Carolina History

The Would-Be ‘State of Franklin’ That Never Officially Existed

October 2, 2018October 1, 2018 Gregory Watson

The United States Constitution does, of course, contain guidelines as to how a territory may enter the Union as a full-fledged state on an equal footing with all previously-existing states.  The last time that any new states were added to the United States was in the year 1959 when Alaska…

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Politics, News, Constitution SeriesAmerican Revolutionary War, Articles of Confederation, Benjamin Franklin, Blount County, Carter County, Cession, Cocke County, Continental Congress, Frankland, Greene County, Greeneville, Hamblen County, Hawkins County, Jefferson County, John Sevier (Tennessee Governor 1803-1809), Johnson County, Jonesborough, Non-Existent State of Franklin, North Carolina History, Secession, Sevier County, Sullivan County, Tennessee Boundaries, Tennessee History, U.S. Congress, U.S. Constitution, U.S. History, Unicoi County, Washington County1 Comment
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