Q 01/05
A) The Keystone State
B) The Quaker State
C) The Coal State
D) The Liberty State
Answer · why
It refers to the state's central place among the original thirteen colonies.
Q 02/05
A) James Oglethorpe
B) William Penn
C) Lord Baltimore
D) Roger Williams
Answer · why
King Charles II was repaying a £16,000 debt owed to Penn's father, an admiral.
Q 03/05
A) New Quakerland
B) Pennland
C) New Wales
D) Sylvania
Answer · why
The King settled on 'Penn's Woods' after the elder Penn, which embarrassed his son.
Q 04/05
A) Philadelphia
B) Pittsburgh
C) Lancaster
D) Harrisburg
Answer · why
It sits on the Susquehanna River, and the state legislature had earlier met in Lancaster and York.
Q 05/05
A) Second
B) First
C) Fourth
D) Ninth
Answer · why
Delaware had ratified five days earlier; the Constitution was presented in German too, since a third of Pennsylvanians spoke it.
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