Coach Pāṇini ®During the 1780s, North Carolina was under the Articles of Confederation (the Constitution was ratified by 1789). At that time, “#WesternNC” stretched from the #SouthernAppalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River.
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The State of Franklin: Mountain Secession and Independent Thought - North Carolina History
In North Carolina, regionalism has existed since day one. In August 1784, western North Carolinians established the State of Franklin—“the only de facto state that functioned in every aspect of statal power,” writes historian Samuel Cole Williams. After a civil war in the mountains, however, the “Lost State of Franklin” ceased in February 1789.
