2008 test · Question 64 of 100
There were 13 original states. Name three.
Give 3 answers
Answers from the USCIS list
Give 3 of these answers.
- New Hampshire
- Massachusetts
- Rhode Island
- Connecticut
- New York
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- Delaware
- Maryland
- Virginia
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Georgia
Our explanation
A colony is land ruled by another country. England had 13 colonies on the East Coast. In 1776 they declared independence and became the 13 original states. The flag’s 13 stripes represent them.
Remember it
Three start with “New”: New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey (not New Mexico).
Source
USCIS 2025 Study Guide pp. 46, 49, 71. Quote (p. 49): “When the colonists adopted the Declaration of Independence, they created the United States of America. The 13 original colonies became the 13 original states.”
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