Franklin , unofficial state (1785–90) of United States , the the eastern part of today's Tennessee includes and extends to "unclaimed" areas to the west.
Britannica Quiz United States of America:Fact or Fiction? You may be familiar with New York and Nebraska, but there are 11 US states with names beginning with the letter "N " start? See if your knowledge of names is quick or deaf with this state and city quiz. The ephemeral state was created primarily by the cession of its western lands to the United States through Founded North Carolina . Settlers in the remote mountain wilderness, abandoned and largely ignored, formed an association to legislate and administer. They also required an active militia because they were open to Indian attacks were. As North Carolina acted to free itself from the unwanted burden of protecting these outlying settlements, the settlers elected delegates who met to discuss the establishment of a new state. The Franklanders (as they called themselves) elected officers who were led by John Sevier . Personal rivalries and other factors led to the dissolution of the Franklin Union, and when the federal government created the Southwest Territory in 1790, it effectively reorganized the area and the Franklin government ended.