What state was formed when five of the northern counties in virginia decided not to secede from the union?
kentucky
west virginia
tennesse

West Virginia

Explanation:

West Virginia was founded when they decided to secede from Virginia who was seceded from the Union, it was akey state since it was the most southern state from the Union and then counties from North and West Virginia decided not to secede and instead create a new State that was part of the Union, in a weird election to decided if they stayed with Virginia or went to the Union, the Union won but with the Union troops too close to the polls to actually say that there were fair elections.

pepin the short[a] (german: pippin der kurze, french: pépin le bref, c. 714 – 24 september 768) was the king of the franks from 751 until his death. he was the first of the carolingians to become king.[b][2]

the younger son of the frankish prince charles martel and his wife rotrude, pepin's upbringing was distinguished by the ecclesiastical education he had received from the monks of st. denis. succeeding his father as the mayor of the palace in 741, pepin reigned over francia jointly with his elder brother carloman. pepin ruled in neustria, burgundy, and provence, while his brother carloman established himself in austrasia, alemannia and thuringia. the brothers were active in suppressing revolts led by the bavarians, aquitanians, saxons, and the alemanni in the early years of their reign. in 743, they ended the frankish interregnum by choosing childeric iii, who was to be the last merovingian monarch, as figurehead king of the franks.