Statements (22)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:historical_region
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gptkbp:acquiredBy |
gptkb:Cherokee_Nation
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gptkbp:area |
parts of Kentucky and Tennessee
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gptkbp:capital |
gptkb:Boonesborough
|
gptkbp:dissolved |
gptkb:Virginia_General_Assembly
1776 |
gptkbp:foundedBy |
gptkb:Richard_Henderson
gptkb:Transylvania_Company |
gptkbp:foundedIn |
1775
|
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Transylvania Colony
|
gptkbp:locatedIn |
gptkb:present-day_Kentucky
|
gptkbp:namedAfter |
Transylvania (Latin for 'across the woods')
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gptkbp:notableEvent |
gptkb:Treaty_of_Sycamore_Shoals
Transylvania Convention |
gptkbp:notableFigure |
gptkb:Daniel_Boone
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gptkbp:purpose |
settlement and land speculation
|
gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:American_frontier
gptkb:colonial_America westward expansion |
gptkbp:status |
never recognized by British Crown
|
gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Watauga_Association
|
gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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