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19 Cards in this Set
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Virginia
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home to four of the first five presidents
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South Carolina
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once a part of "Carolana" with NC nickname Palmetto State
(fortress of pamls kept British warship away from Charleston Harbor in 1776 battle) |
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Name the original thirteen colonies.
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Connecticut
Delaware Georgia Maryland, Massachusetts New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York North Carolina, South Carolina Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia |
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North Carolina
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First child born in America was John White's granddaughter, Virginia
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New York
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US Congress met here after revolution
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Pennsylvania
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nickname the keystone state It is the center of the arch of the 13 colonies.
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Delaware
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the first state
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The thirteen colonies were under the rule of the kings and queens of England.
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over
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New Hampshire
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became state June 21, 1788
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Maryland
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part of stste became Washington D.C.
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Rhode Island
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smallest colony and state
not an island |
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Connecticut
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the constitution state
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Whose rule were the thirteen colonies?
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The kings and queens of England
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Georgia
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Last colony settled
4th to ratify the constitution and become a state |
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Massachusetts
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Codfish was a big industry
had a wooden codfish carved on the state house |
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Which two colonies had the largest populations?
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Virginia and Massachusetts
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What countries did the colonist come from in addition to England?
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Scotland, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Sweden
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New Jersey
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Land was given to the governor of the Isle of Jersey
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What was the nationality of most of the colonist?
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English
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