GED SOCIAL STUDIES (US HISTORY) TEST -GENERAL EDUCATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT|QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS|GRADED A+|PASS ON FIRST ATTEMPT|BRAND NEW
2026/2027 UPDATE!!!!!
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
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, 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.
Boston Massacre - ANSWER An argument between a group of colonists and a British
soldier grew to include several soldiers. Killed five colonists.
Tea Act - ANSWER Gave British company the right to sell low-priced tea to the colonists
with tax.
Boston Tea Party - ANSWER Group of colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor.
Intolerable Act - ANSWER In response to the Boston Tea Party intended to punish the
colonists by closing the port of Boston.
First Continental Congress - ANSWER In September 1774, to demand that the Intolerable
Acts be repealed
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DEVELOPMENT|QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS|GRADED A+|PASS ON FIRST ATTEMPT|BRAND NEW
2026/2027 UPDATE!!!!!
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
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, 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.
Boston Massacre - ANSWER An argument between a group of colonists and a British
soldier grew to include several soldiers. Killed five colonists.
Tea Act - ANSWER Gave British company the right to sell low-priced tea to the colonists
with tax.
Boston Tea Party - ANSWER Group of colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor.
Intolerable Act - ANSWER In response to the Boston Tea Party intended to punish the
colonists by closing the port of Boston.
First Continental Congress - ANSWER In September 1774, to demand that the Intolerable
Acts be repealed
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