The Postrevolutionary Era--The Great Land Grab

1. The Speculators' Inland Empire
   1. Richard Henderson
      1. Transylvania (1771-1775)
      2. The Cumberland Basin--Nashville
   2. The East Tennesseans--William Blount, John Sevier and Co.
      1. The "Independent State of Franklin" (1784-1787)
      2. Operations Against the Cherokee
         1. The Treaty of Hopewell (1785)
         2. The Treaty of Holston (1791)
2. The Great Land Grab and Appalachian History
   1. The Root of "Colonialism"?
   2. The Land Problem in Appalachia
      1. Title Confusion
      2. Lack of Development
      3. Large-Scale Landholding