Q 01/05

Which was the first of the thirteen colonies to be established?

A) Massachusetts

B) Maryland

C) New York

D) Virginia

Answer · why

D) Virginia

Jamestown was founded in 1607 by the London Company; Georgia, the last, came in 1732.

Q 02/05

Which colony, chartered in 1732, completed the thirteen?

A) Delaware

B) North Carolina

C) Georgia

D) New Hampshire

Answer · why

C) Georgia

James Oglethorpe and fellow trustees secured the royal charter on June 9, 1732.

Q 03/05

How many of the thirteen colonies were traditionally grouped as New England colonies?

A) 4

B) 5

C) 6

D) 7

Answer · why

A) 4

New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Connecticut; the Middle Colonies also numbered four and the South five.

Q 04/05

Which of these was one of the Middle Colonies?

A) New Jersey

B) Maryland

C) Connecticut

D) Virginia

Answer · why

A) New Jersey

The Middle Colonies were New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware, carved from the former Dutch New Netherland.

Q 05/05

The Middle Colonies were established on the land of which former European colony?

A) New France

B) New Sweden

C) New Netherland

D) New Spain

Answer · why

C) New Netherland

Richard Nicolls captured lightly defended New Amsterdam in 1664 and the rest of the Dutch colony quickly followed.