What is Davy Crockett?
[[File:Portrait of Davy Crockett.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Davy Crockett]] '''David Crockett''' (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836)<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |url= http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/143670/Davy-Crockett |title=Davy Crockett (American frontiersman and politician) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia |encyclopedia=britannica.com |access-date=5 April 2010 }}</ref> was an [[Americans|American]] [[frontiersman]], [[soldier]], [[politician]], and [[folk hero]]. He is more often called '''Davy Crockett'''. He also has the nickname “King of the Wild Frontier”. He [[Representation (politics)|represented]] [[Tennessee]] in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from 1827 to 1831 and again from 1833 to 1835. Fighting in the [[Texas Revolution]], he was [[execution|executed]] in the [[Battle of the Alamo]] at the age of 49. == Childhood and family == Crockett was born in [[Tennessee]]. A [[wikt:replica|replica]] of the [[cabin]] In which he was born stands today in Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park, in Tennessee.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tennessee.gov/environment/parks/DavyCrockettSHP/ |title=TN State Parks: Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park |work=tennessee.gov |access-date=5 April 2010 |archive-date=28 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528110449/http://tennessee.gov/environment/parks/DavyCrockettSHP/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Crockett family's name comes from the name ''[[Monsieur de la Croquetagne]]''.<ref name=french/> Monsieur de la Croquetagne was a [[captain]] in the [[Royal Guard]] of [[France|French]] [[King]] [[Louis XIV]].<ref name=french>Jean-Baptiste Nadeau, Julie Barlow, ''The Story of French'', p.106, {{ISBN|0-312-34183-0}}.</ref> The family became [[Protestantism|Protestants]] and ran away from France in the 17th century.<ref name=french/> Crockett did not have an easy childhood. He traveled around a lot and had many of adventures. He started to [[hunt]] with his brothers before his 9th birthday. A little after he started going to school, he beat up