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Early Frontiers

Question 6 • LPS US History I (CR) - MP1

The settlement of Kentucky in 1775 was a direct result of

Answer
A
the creation of the Wilderness Road.
B
the acquisition of land through the Louisiana Purchase.
C
the founding of the route known as the Oregon Trail.
D
the discovery and establishment of Pike’s Peak.

Explanation

The Wilderness Road, opened by Daniel Boone and others through the Cumberland Gap, gave settlers a route into Kentucky. Its creation helped make settlement there possible in 1775. The Louisiana Purchase took place later, in 1803, while the Oregon Trail and Pike’s Peak are associated with westward expansion farther west.

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