"east" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- While Tennessee would later join the Confederacy, most East Tennesseans had Union leanings.
- To further complicate matters, the East Tennesseans' terms of service were about to expire.
- During the mid-1830s, Lea developed an interest in railroad construction, which many East Tennesseans viewed as a solution to the region's isolation.
- Like most rural East Tennesseans, Houk supported the Union during the Civil War.
- Sensing that East Tennesseans were weary of national issues, Houk focused on local concerns, namely veterans' issues and the demand for federal government seed.
- A majority of East Tennesseans, however, remained pro-Union.
- North Carolina's insensitivity led frustrated East Tennesseans in 1784 to form the breakaway State of Franklin.
- These policies and internal divisions among East Tennesseans doomed the short-lived State of Franklin, which passed out of existence in 1788.
- Many East Tennesseans engaged in guerrilla warfare against state authorities by burning bridges, cutting telegraph wires, and spying.
- Almost 70 percent of the voters approved of secession, but 69 percent of East Tennesseans voted against it.
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