USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The frontier region extending from Pennsylvania to Georgia was known as the ____
A
back country
B
water country
C
wilderness
D
beautiful country
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -These traits also identified the Virginia backcountry as an element of the much larger British colonial backcountry, which extended from central Pennsylvania to the Georgia uplands by the mid-eighteenth century.

Detailed explanation-2: -Appalachia (/ˌæpəˈleɪtʃə, -lætʃə, -leɪʃə/) is a cultural region in the Eastern United States that stretches from the Southern Tier of New York State to northern Alabama and Georgia.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Backcountry was a region in North America. The geographic term referred to the remote and undeveloped (by English standards) land west of the Appalachian border of the British Thirteen Colonies.

Detailed explanation-4: -Geography of the Backcountry This was a region of dense forests and rushing streams in or near the Appalachian Mountains. The Appalachians stretch from eastern Canada south to Alabama. In the South, the Backcountry began at the fall line.

Detailed explanation-5: -A frontier is the political and geographical area near or beyond a boundary. A frontier can also be referred to as a “front". The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning “borderland"-the region of a country that fronts on another country (see also marches).

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