Tennessee (0)

General facts
Tennessee is a state located in the Southern United States .
In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the Union.
The capital city is Nashville, and the largest city is Memphis .
Tennessee has 95 counties.
The earliest variant of the name that became Tennessee was recorded by Captain Juan Pardo, the Spanish explorer, in 1567 while traveling inland from South Carolina.
History
The area now known as Tennessee was first settled by Paleo -Indians nearly 11,000 years ago. When Spanish explorers first visited the area (led by Hernando de Soto) in 1539 –1543, it was inhabited by several tribes (Muscogee, Yuchi people). As European colonists spread