HURRY PLEASE What was a result of the cession of western lands of North Carolina?

American Indians reclaimed the western lands.
The western lands were absorbed by South Carolina.
The state of Franklin was established.
North Carolina’s western lands became Tennessee.
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On December 22, 1789, North Carolina formally ceded the six western counties to the Continental Congress, leading to the eventual establishment of the new state of Tennessee, which was admitted to the union in 1796. William S. Powell. North Carolina Through Four Centuries. If this helps

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