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American HistoryColonial Period and Independence
There were 13 original states. Name five.
Accepted answers:
- New Hampshire
- Massachusetts
- Rhode Island
- Connecticut
- New York
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- Delaware
- Maryland
- Virginia
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Georgia
Why this is the correct answer
When independence was declared, America consisted of thirteen British colonies along the Atlantic coast. Stretching from New Hampshire in the north to Georgia in the south, these colonies became the original thirteen states and ratified the Constitution to form the United States.
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