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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
'''European.''' Pre-statehood settlers of Tennessee generally came from '''Virginia and the Carolinas''' by way of the Cumberland Gap and other land routes. Some settlers from '''Pennsylvania and New England''' poled keel boats from the Ohio River up the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers. Most of these early settlers were of '''English and Ulster Scottish origin, although some were of German, Irish, and French ancestry.''' | '''European.''' Pre-statehood settlers of Tennessee generally came from '''Virginia and the Carolinas''' by way of the Cumberland Gap and other land routes. Some settlers from '''Pennsylvania and New England''' poled keel boats from the Ohio River up the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers. Most of these early settlers were of '''English and Ulster Scottish origin, although some were of German, Irish, and French ancestry.''' | ||