There were 13 original states. Name five.

On the 2008 test

The 2008 test asks this as Question 64: “There were 13 original states. Name three.”

The 2008 question lists the same 13 answers.

The 65/20 special consideration

Question 81 is not one of the 20 asterisked questions, so an applicant who qualifies for the 65/20 special consideration would not be asked it. Everyone else studies all 128.

Answers that get mixed up with this one

These are the wrong options the 2025 practice test puts beside this question. Each one is the correct answer to a different 2025 question.

• Give up loyalty to other countriesanswers Question 67: Name two promises that new citizens make in the Oath of Allegiance.
• War of 1812answers Question 91: Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
• After the Civil Waranswers Question 98: When did all men get the right to vote?

More Colonial Period and Independence questions

• Question 78: Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?(Thomas) Jefferson
• Question 79: When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?July 4, 1776
• Question 80: The American Revolution had many important events. Name one.(Battle of) Bunker Hill · Declaration of Independence · Washington Crossing the Delaware (Battle of Trenton) · (Battle of) Saratoga · Valley Forge (Encampment) · (Battle of) Yorktown (British surrender at Yorktown)
• Question 82: What founding document was written in 1787?(U.S.) Constitution
• Question 83: The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.(James) Madison · (Alexander) Hamilton · (John) Jay · Publius