Which of the following best describes how settlers traveled west?

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O Some settlers loaded their animals and wagons on flatboats to float down rivers.

Many settlers traveled along with Daniel Boone across Lake Ontario to the Gateway to the West.

Most African Americans were given their freedom so they could help clear the trails for other settlers.

O Settlers from New England traveled south to take over plantations in Georgia and Alabama.

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The best description of how settlers traveled west from the options provided is:

Some settlers loaded their animals and wagons on flatboats to float down rivers.

This accurately reflects the methods used by many pioneers to navigate rivers on their journey westward during the westward expansion in America.