Question

Which of the following includes three of the 13 original states?

a) New York, Virginia, and Texas
b) New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Georgia
c) Connecticut, Ohio, and Maryland
d) North Carolina, Florida, and Illinois

Answer 1

The correct option that includes three of the 13 original states is b) New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Georgia.

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct option that includes three of the 13 original states is b) New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Georgia.

The 13 original states that declared independence from Great Britain in 1776 were Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Providence, South Carolina, and Virginia.

Therefore, option b) New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Georgia includes three of the 13 original states.