Spanish colonists in 1540Hernando de SotoHernando de Soto led 600 soldiers and missionaries to explore the southeast of the United States today.
In 1673, Robert Cavalier de La Salle declared this area a dependency of France.
In 1733, the first permanent colony, Fort Assumption, was completed.
In 1796, Tennessee became the 16th state in the United States.
In 1861, Tennessee seceded from the United States.
In 1866, Tennessee became the first state in the Confederacy to rejoin the United States.
In 1925, The WSM Barn Dance later became The Grand Ole Opry.
In 1933, Congress established the Tennessee Valley Bureau to take charge of the development of the Tennessee River Basin.
In 1942, Oak Ridge becameManhattanThe area where the Special Economic Zone plans to develop atomic bombs.
In 1968, the leader of the black human rights movementMartin Luther KingHe was assassinated in Memphis.
In 1984, Knoxville held the World Expo.
In 1998, the national American football team Oilers moved to Nashville.[1]
Geography
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Tennessee has three different geographical environments: eastern, central and western.
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East Tennessee is a series of mountains and valleysGreat Smoky Mountains(Great Smoke Mountains), throughTennessee RiverValley to the Appalachian Mountains and Cumberland Plateau.
Central Tennessee is the area where the Tennessee River flows for the second time from the east to the west.This area includes Central Basin, Highland Rim and Nashville Basin.The Central Basin is a famous bluegrass area and the home of Tennessee Walking Horse.
The three rivers in Tennessee are Tennessee River, Cumberland River and Mississippi River.The Tennessee River flows southward in the east of the state and northward in the west.The Mississippi River forms the state boundary in the west of Tianzhou.
There are more than 30 large lakes in Tennessee. Reelfoot Lake in the northwest corner of Tennessee was formed by strata subsidence and flooding after the 1811 earthquake.In the 1930s, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) developed muddy and navigable waterways into accessible flood control facilities centered on the Tennessee River.
Tennessee's farmland covers 12.4 million acres, bringing in $2 billion in revenue for Tennessee every year.Tobacco has the highest income per unit of farmland, followed by cotton and soybeans.[2]
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The state capital isNashville, with the largest urban area and 20% of the population of the state.MemphisThe largest population.ChattanoogaandKnoxvilleIt is a city in the eastern region near the Great Smoky Mountains, with a population of about 1/3 in Nashville or Memphis.BristolKingsport、Johnson CityIt is composed of five important population centers, usually called "Triangle City Belt", located in the northeast of the state.
Smyrna:NissanThe manufacturing place of series products.
Springhill(Spring Hill) - As an important automobile manufacturing center with Smyrna,general motors OfSaturnLocation of manufacturing plant.[3]
Economics
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According to the data analysis of the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Tennessee ranked sixth in the growth of state GDP in 2010.Tennessee's GSP (gross state product, an indicator measuring the total output of goods and services, similar to GDP) increased by 3.52% in 2010.
Economic indicators: In 2011, the GDP of Tennessee was 266.5 billion US dollars, ranking 18th among the 50 US states, accounting for 1.78% of the US GDP, and the per capita GDP was P41623 US dollars.
Trade status: In 2011, the total export volume of Tennessee was 29.99 billion US dollars, ranking 14th in the United States.Its top ten export markets are Canada, Mexico, China, Japan, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, the United KingdomAustralia、Singapore。The main export commodities include transportation equipment, computers, electronic products and chemical products.
In 2011, its exports to China reached US $2 billion, making it the third largest exporter. Its main products include chemicals, agricultural products, computer and electronic products, waste materials and a variety of manufacturing products.
Foreign investment: Tennessee has 740 wholly foreign-owned companies from 34 countries, with an investment of more than US $23 billion.More than 100000 Tennessees are employed by wholly foreign-owned subsidiaries, of which more than 80% are in the manufacturing industry.The largest foreign investor in Tennessee is Japan, followed by Germany, Canada and the United Kingdom.
Tennessee has become a hot investment destination for Chinese companies. As the commercial center and emerging industrial cluster of the United States, 13 Chinese enterprises have invested and developed in Tennessee by 2007, including Wyko Tire Technology Inc., Del Nat Tire Corp, Copperweld Biometric Products CompanyIntermodal Bridge Transport (invested by COSCO Group) and other enterprises.[2]
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According to the 2010 census, there were 6346105 people in Tennessee.The ethnic proportion of the state is 79.2% white, 16.4%African American , 2.2%Hispanic, 0.3%Asian American, 1.0% of Indians, 1.1% of mixed races.
According to the census, among the ancestors of residents in Tennessee, Americans (17.5%) are the most, followed by African Americans (16.4%), Irish (9.3%), British (9.1%) and Germans (8.3%).
In terms of age composition, 6.6% of residents in the state are under five years old, 24.6% are under 18 years old, and 12.4% are over 65 years old.
In terms of gender ratio, there are slightly more women than men in the state, and women account for 51.3% of the total population.[2]
Religionally, 85% of Tennessee's population believesprotestant，5%Roman Catholic ChurchActs, 1% othersChristReligious believers, 1% other religious believers and 6% non believers.
And among the Protestants in TennesseeBaptist Church(43%) was the highest, followed by Methodism (11%), followed by Christianity (5%).[3]
On the night of December 10, 2021, six states in the central United States, including Tennessee, were hit by at least 30 tornadoes.As of 8:00 am on the 12th Beijing time, the tornado disaster has killed more than 100 people.
On December 13, 2021, the Biden government declared a state of emergency in Tennessee.[5]
