There were 13 original American colonies: NH, VT, MA, RI, CT, NY, PA, NJ, MD, DE, VA, NC, and SC.
Can you find the colony that's missing and which is extra?
Georgia is missing; Vermont is extra.
100
OH, IN, IL, MI, WI, and some of MN came from the Northwest Territory, which the U.S. gained after the _____________ War.
What is the Revolutionary War?
100
In 1845 the United States annexed this republic, which was deeply in debt after its revolution.
What is Texas?
100
These two states are nearly identical in size and shape, and by far boast the blandest borders on our map.
What are Colorado and Wyoming?
100
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!!!!
What two states joined the Union on the exact same day in 1889, but the first of the two will never be known?
What are the Dakotas?
200
This was the dominant city of early America, and where our nation was born.
What is Philadelphia?
200
These states are "sisters" in a way, and were the first states to form outside of former colonial land.
What are Kentucky and Tennesee?
200
Disputes over slavery in the 1850s in this soon-to-be state earned it the nickname "Bleeding".
What is Kansas?
200
The golden spike that concluded the construction of the transcontinental railroad was planted here.
What is Utah?
200
What state has a Nepal-like flag, with a non-rectangular shape and the only one like this?
What is Ohio?
300
The very first successful settlement of the New World was in this colony in 1607.
What is Virginia (Jamestown)?
300
This gulf state had the nation's main port city until the 1820s, where it lost the title to NYC.
What is Louisiana (New Orleans)?
300
Due to a surveying error, this state has a small "blip" of land in Canada, and it's the only place in the contiguous U.S. that cannot be accessed via U.S. land.
What is Minnesota?
300
This is the only national park that is in the middle of an ocean.
What is Channel Islands N.P.? (belongs to CA)
300
This state has jurisdiction to a small archipelago just off Vancouver called the San Juan Islands that nearly started a third war with Britain.
What is Washington?
400
What was the southernmost major city of the colonies?
What is Savannah, GA?
400
After the Toledo War, Michigan was compensated with what?
What is the Upper Peninsula?
400
This state is where Lewis and Clark began their great voyage west to the Pacific.
What is Missouri?
400
Nevada originally had no water until Congress granted it access to this waterway.
What is the Colorado River?
400
What territory was shared between the U.S. and Great Britain?
What is Oregon?
500
This colony's rebellious attitude led England to pass a law isolating it from and preventing interactions with the other colonies.
What is Massachusetts?
500
What mineral-rich island in Lake Michigan is now a national park?
What is Isle Royale N.P.?
500
Texas and Oklahoma housed thousands of people who had fled from what disaster?
What is the Dust Bowl?
500
What was and still is the vital waterway of the Pacific coast?
What is the Columbia?
500
Which colony was not present at either Continental Congress?