Here is the question :
WHICH STATE WAS ORIGINALLY A COUNTY OF VIRGINIA?
Here is the option for the question :
- Delaware
- Kentucky
- Tennessee
- Maryland
The Answer:
And, the answer for the the question is :
Explanation:
[STC0010793]. Around the year 1775, the first colonial immigrants established settlements in what would later become the state of Kentucky. These villages were located west of the Appalachians. As the land that would become Kentucky developed, Virginia asserted its sovereignty over the area and in 1776 established Kentucky as a county. Residents of Kentucky filed a petition for independence from Virginia following the conclusion of the American Revolution. Their efforts were successful, and in 1792, Kentucky became the 15th state to join the Union and the first state located west of the Appalachian Mountains.