Daniel Boone

(noun)

An American explorer and frontiersman who was instrumental in the development of the Wilderness Road.

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(noun)

Daniel Boone (November 2, 1734 [O.S. October 22] – September 26, 1820) was an American pioneer, explorer, and frontiersman whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States.

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Examples of Daniel Boone in the following topics:

  • The Wilderness Road

    • Daniel Boone created the route in 1775, when he created a trail for the Transylvania Company from Fort Chiswell in Virginia through the Cumberland Gap into central Kentucky.
    • To build a road to this territory, Henderson hired Daniel Boone, an experienced hunter and explorer, to carve out a trail through the Cumberland Gap into central Kentucky .
    • Beginning on March 10, 1775 Boone, along with thirty-five men, cut a trail from Kingsport, Tennessee through the forests and mountains to Kentucky.

  • Expansion and the Mexican-American War

    • The frontiersman Daniel Boone pioneered the settlement of Kentucky.

  • The Rise of the West

    • In 1775, Daniel Boone blazed a trail from Virginia into central Kentucky, which was later lengthened to reach the Falls of the Ohio at Louisville.

  • The End of the Frontier

    • Many thousands of settlers, typified by Daniel Boone, had already reached Kentucky and Tennessee and adjacent areas.

  • The Louisiana Purchase

    • Because the Appalachian Mountains formed a natural barrier and made passage to the West nearly impossible, Daniel Boone established the Wilderness Road in 1775, when he created a trail for the Transylvania Company from Virginia through central Kentucky.

  • Shay's Rebellion: 1786-1787

    • The rebellion was named after Daniel Shays, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War and one of the rebel leaders.
    • Contemporary unflattering depiction of Daniel Shays and Job Shattuck, two of the main protest leaders

  • The Confederation's Weaknesses

    • Contemporary unflattering depiction of Daniel Shays and Job Shattuck, two of the main protest leaders

  • The Bank War and Economic Boom

    • With the Bank charter due to expire in 1836, the president of the Bank, Nicholas Biddle, in alliance with the National Republicans under Senators Henry Clay (KY) and Daniel Webster (MA), decided to make rechartering a referendum on the legitimacy of the institution in the general election of 1832.
    • He was viewed by Daniel Webster as a monarchical president because he used his presidential power to veto against the bank liberally.

  • Last Efforts for Peace

    • Navy Secretary Josephus Daniels, ignoring the nation's strategic needs and disdaining the advice of experts, suspended meetings of the Joint Army and Navy Board for two years in response to unwelcome advice.
    • Among these were light anti-submarine ships, which were few in number and reflected Daniels’ apparent unwillingness to maintain focus on the German sub menace that had been a key point in U.S. foreign policy for the previous two years.
    • Daniels' tenure would have been even less successful without the energetic efforts of Assistant Navy Secretary Franklin D.

  • The Right to Vote

    • A variety of methods were proposed by statesmen such as Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and Daniel Webster.