State of Franklin
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The State of Franklin, known also as the Free Republic of Franklin or State of Frankland, was an autonomous region in the United States. It was 1784, formed from part of the territory west of the Appalachian Mountains and existed until 1788. Its territory is located in eastern Tennessee on the border with North Carolina.
Formation
In the area that lies west of the Appalachian Mountains, there were many uncertainties and dissatisfaction with the administration by the state of North Carolina. Thus, this area was first passed by the State of North Carolina of the Federal Government, was related to debt repayments relating to the Revolutionary War. Later this State called this area back again, as this trade created with the settlers for displeasure. This had been expressed in a change of power in North Carolina. It was decided there an administration with courts build. To this end, troops were sent under the leadership of John Sevier.
On August 23, 1784 (now Hawkins County) and Greene found in Jonesborough about a secession of North Carolina elected delegates from each in their counties from the County's Washington (now Carter County), Sullivan, Spencer. The vote among the delegates went with 28:15 of for independence. The Constitution provided, first, that lawyers, doctors and preachers should not belong to the legislature. In November 1785 it saw the constitutional basis of a referendum no longer present, but was a modified version of the Constitution of North Carolina. Capital was Greeneville. The commander John Sevier was elected by the Legislature previously selected as governor in March 1785. Members of Franklin doing business with Indians, opened courts, taught a new county, levied taxes and operated trade.
Recognition as a State
The drafted constitution was delivered with a request for inclusion in the Union by William Cocke the Congress of the Union. In a vote in the Continental Congress on May 16, 1785 but the request was only the consent of seven states. It would be in accordance with the Articles of Confederation but the consent of nine States was necessary, since two-thirds majority is required for the establishment of new states. By rejecting the state as the state Franklin was a de facto independent republic.
Collapse of Franklin
In 1786 the state began to erode. In the absence of an army could not enforce its own authority you. Troops under General John Tipton marched in after an offer by North Carolina had been rejected by the state association for Franklin. They built parallel structures in North Carolina to Franklin. There were therefore in place in 1786 elections to legislative bodies of North Carolina. In March 1788 Cherokee, Chickamauga and Chickasaw tribes began together with attacks on white settlers. The discontent of the settlers tried Sevier compensate for with borrowed money of the Spanish colonies in order to create a defense. This tolerated the administration of North Carolina is not and sat Sevier in custody. Sevier and other conspirators had to make an oath of allegiance to North Carolina. The western lands of North Carolina were 1790-1796 known as Tennessee Territory and established from this June 1, 1796 16 Union State of Tennessee. The area of the former State of Franklin is located in the east of the state of Tennessee, whose first governor John Sevier was.