State of Franklin (historical)
GPTKB entity
Statements (22)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:historical_region
unrecognized U.S. state |
gptkbp:attemptedToJoin |
gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:capital |
gptkb:Greeneville
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gptkbp:currency |
gptkb:Continental_currency
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gptkbp:dissolved |
gptkb:North_Carolina
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gptkbp:existedDuring |
1784
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gptkbp:existedUntil |
1789
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gptkbp:firstGovernor |
gptkb:John_Sevier
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gptkbp:formedBy |
gptkb:western_North_Carolina
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gptkbp:governmentType |
gptkb:politics
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
early attempt at statehood in post-Revolutionary America
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
State of Franklin (historical)
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gptkbp:locatedIn |
gptkb:present-day_Tennessee
gptkb:Appalachia |
gptkbp:namedAfter |
gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin
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gptkbp:nowPartOf |
gptkb:Tennessee
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gptkbp:populationEstimate |
~25,000 (at peak)
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gptkbp:recognizedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
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gptkbp:reintegratedInto |
gptkb:North_Carolina
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Hawkins_County,_Virginia
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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