History of Tennessee

Tennessee, the state known for the Grand Old Opry, was the 16th state to the Union. It got its name from the lost Cherokee Town of Tanasi which could be found where Monroe County is now. Native American tribes like the Cherokee, the Shawnee, the Creek and the Chickasaw were one of the first settlers of Tennessee. Spanish colonizers were the first non-native to reach Tennessee in 1540 bar by the French and of course the English who called the Native Americans Indians. In 1754, France and England fought over control of the Land during the French and Indian war. England or otherwise known as the time Britain won a lot of eastern land masses to Tennessee in this battle while France still retained some land that was later part of the Louisiana Purchase in the early 1800s. Tennessee that time was part of a region that was part of North Carolina but following the American Revolution, Tennessee became its own state in 1796, 3 years before George Washington died. So how did this affect the Natives? As per normal colonial history, they stripped of their land, forcefully separated from their families, native languages were discouraged and diseases from Europe diminished a lot of the Natives like as they were been shredded by an outsized, out of control lawn mower. The trouble doesn't stop there as in 1830, President Andrew Jackson and the Indian removal act saw the Native Americans to leave all lands that were east of the Mississippi River and as a result, Tennessee is void of state recognized tribes. Tennessee was also pro-slavery and withdrew from the Union in to join the Confederacy in 1861 and was one of the first states to
rejoin the Union in 1866. Thanks to music studios in Nashville Memphis and Bristol Tennessee has become the birthplace of country music and especially Memphis having enormous influence on blues, rock and roll R&B (Rhythm and Blues) and soul music as well as surprisingly, an increasing presence of rap music.