Civics test question 81 of 128 · Colonial Period and Independence
There were 13 original states. Name five.
Official USCIS answers
Give any 5 of these answers.
- New Hampshire
- Massachusetts
- Rhode Island
- Connecticut
- New York
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- Delaware
- Maryland
- Virginia
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Georgia
Why this is the answer
The 13 original states came from the 13 original colonies on the East Coast. When independence was declared, those colonies became the first states.
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Answers that are not correct
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- Vermont
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