US CITIZENSHIP TEST PREPARATION

USA CITIZENSHIP TEST

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following was NOT an original colony?
A
Rhode Island
B
Georgia
C
Connecticut
D
Florida
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Florida was not counted as one of the original 13 colonies. This was primarily because of the fact that it was a prize of war rather than one settled by English colonists. The British took possession of Florida in 1763 as the result of the Seven Years War.

Detailed explanation-2: -Colorado was NOT part of the original 13 colonies. The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British colonies founded in the 17th and 18th centuries on the Atlantic coast of America which declared independence in 1776 and formed the United States of America.

Detailed explanation-3: -It became the British colony of New York in 1664. Massachusetts, Virginia, and New York are three of the 13 original states.

Detailed explanation-4: -The four New England Colonies of Colonial America included colonies of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Rhode Island and Connecticut.

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