By the beginning of the eighteenth century, land scarcity pushed both native-born and newly arrived families to look westward. Descendants of old Yankee families established themselves ________, while European immigrants found more luck ________.
A. south of New York; in frontier New England
B. in frontier New England; south of New York
C. in the Hudson River valley; along the Great Wagon Road
D. along the Great Wagon Road; south of New York
Answer: B
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