This is the U.S. Trivia Quiz

Answer: 13

The thirteen colonies (as they then were) rebelled successfully against British rule in 1775-1781 and gained internationally recognzied independence in 1783.

Answer: Alabama

The original thirteen sates were: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Virginia.

Answer: 1845

Before being acquired by the United states, Florida was Spanish territory. The United States bought it in 1819, and it became a state in 1845, 26 years later. In Spanish, Florida means "feast of flowers".

Answer: True

Hawaii and Alaska both became states in 1959. Alaska was bought by the US in 1867 and Hawaii, having previously been an independent country, was annexed by the U.S. in 1898. Hawaii became a state on August twenty-first, Alaska on January third.

Answer: $7.2 million

Alaska was sold to the United States from Russia for $7.2 million. That meant that it cost two cents an acre.

Answer: seven columns, seven rows

On January 3rd, 1959 the new United States flag was made. It had forty-nine stars-seven columns by seven rows.

Answer: Dwight David Eisenhower

Dwight David Eisenhower, the thirty-forth president of the United States, was the current president at the time (1959).

Answer: Connecticut

Connecticut was given its nickname in 1959 by John Fiske. Three towns in Connecticut created the first constitution. That is why we call it the "Constitution State".

Answer: Virginia

Thomas Jefferson's birth place was in Shadwell, Virginia. He later moved into Philadelphia to write the U.S. Constitution.

Answer: True

Delaware's nickname, "The First State", is on road vehicle license plates in Delaware. It is called "The First State" because it was the first state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.