Put in – the - where necessary and say what the text is about. in the 1760s land-hungry american settlers ' moving to west were stopped by appalachian mountains. these mountains were covered with thick forests and ran parallel to atlantic coast of north america. they stretched for hundreds of miles. a hunter and an explorer daniel boone with thirty other men cut a road through mountains. behind appalachians there was rich vast land. thousands of new settlers moved there. they founded american states of kentucky and tennessee .