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The Cumberland Compact is signed by leaders of the settlers in the Cumberland River area of what would become the U.S. state of Tennessee, providing for democratic government and a formal system of justice.
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Cumberland Compact
1780 document establishing the law of settlers in present-day Tennessee
The Cumberland Compact was signed at a Longhunter and native American trading post and camp near the French Lick aka the "Big Salt Springs" on the Cumberland River on May 13, 1780, by 256 settlers led by James Robertson and John Donelson, where the group settled and built Fort…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Cumberland River
River in Kentucky and Tennessee, United States
The Cumberland River is a major waterway of the Southern United States. The 688-mile-long (1,107 km) river drains almost 18,000 square miles (47,000 km2) of southern Kentucky and north-central Tennessee. The river flows generally west from a source in the Appalachian Mountains…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
U.S. state
Constituent polity of the United States
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sovereignty with the federal government.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Tennessee
U.S. state
Tennessee, officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, Arkansas to the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
May 13
Day of the year
May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 232 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)