GED SOCIAL STUDIES 2026 EXAMINATION
TEST COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS VERIFIED PREP KIT GRADED A+
⩥ 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
TEST COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS VERIFIED PREP KIT GRADED A+
⩥ 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