GED - SOCIAL STUDIES (U.S. HISTORY)
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Christopher Columbus - Answer-Italian explorer, sailing on behalf of Spain
Virginia - Answer-Where Jamestown was established
Massachusetts - Answer-Where the pilgrims landed
Mayflower Compact - Answer-Established a set of basic laws for the Pilgrims
Rhode Island - Answer-Founded by Roger Williams (law dealings and religion kept
separate)
Connecticut - Answer-Founded by Thomas Hooker (where men could vote regardless of
church membership)
New Hampshire - Answer-Established when colonists from Massachusetts moved
farther North.
Maryland - Answer-Founded by Cecilius Calvert (so Catholics could escape
persecution)
North Carolina and South Carolina - Answer-Settled because of it's quality farmland
New York - Answer-Given by the king to his brother, the Duke of York
New Jersey - Answer-Given by the Duke of York to his friends
Pennsylvania - Answer-Founded by William Penn, for Quakers
Delaware - Answer-Once part of Pennsylvania, then became a new colony
Georgia - Answer-A colony started to keep French and Spanish out of South Carolina.
Named in honor of the king.
Sugar Act of 1764 - Answer-Taxed sugar as well as coffee and cloth
Stamp Act of 1765 - Answer-Required colonists to pay for British stamps on any official
document.
Townshend Act - Answer-Taxed imported items from Britain to the colonies.
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Christopher Columbus - Answer-Italian explorer, sailing on behalf of Spain
Virginia - Answer-Where Jamestown was established
Massachusetts - Answer-Where the pilgrims landed
Mayflower Compact - Answer-Established a set of basic laws for the Pilgrims
Rhode Island - Answer-Founded by Roger Williams (law dealings and religion kept
separate)
Connecticut - Answer-Founded by Thomas Hooker (where men could vote regardless of
church membership)
New Hampshire - Answer-Established when colonists from Massachusetts moved
farther North.
Maryland - Answer-Founded by Cecilius Calvert (so Catholics could escape
persecution)
North Carolina and South Carolina - Answer-Settled because of it's quality farmland
New York - Answer-Given by the king to his brother, the Duke of York
New Jersey - Answer-Given by the Duke of York to his friends
Pennsylvania - Answer-Founded by William Penn, for Quakers
Delaware - Answer-Once part of Pennsylvania, then became a new colony
Georgia - Answer-A colony started to keep French and Spanish out of South Carolina.
Named in honor of the king.
Sugar Act of 1764 - Answer-Taxed sugar as well as coffee and cloth
Stamp Act of 1765 - Answer-Required colonists to pay for British stamps on any official
document.
Townshend Act - Answer-Taxed imported items from Britain to the colonies.
