Frustrated by the ill treatment of the eastern establishment. Three counties in western North Carolina vote for independence and form a new state named after Benjamin Franklin. They establish a new government, naming John Sevier as governor. North Carolina is not happy.

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Book Recommendation of the Week: The Lost State of Franklin: America's First Secession, by Kevin Barksdale (borrow on archive.org).

Online Recommendation of the Week: History of the Lost State of Franklin, by Samuel Cole Williams: https://archive.org/details/bwb_P9-EFE-229

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