Found this question on the US Citizenship civics test

[DS1]

44. Can you name the thirteen original states?

I guess the correct answer to this question is "Yes".

:shrug:

[TheBaldyMan]

1. Can you count W. Virginia as a state ?

[DS1]

2. Should you count W. Virginia as a state?

[skygazer]

5. West Virginia was not a state until 1864

Prior to that, it was part of Virginia.

[TheBaldyMan]

10. thats what I mean, does that mean it counts as one or two states?

[trogdor]

3. Virginia and Connecticut are commwealths.

A distinction without a difference, but the correct answer.

[northzax]

4. so is Mass.

technically.

[NewJeffCT]

8. I'm pretty sure we're a state here in Connecticut

Commonwealths are Mass, VA, Kentucky and I think one or two others?

[azmouse]

11. PA is one.

[SOteric]

6. The correct answer could be "Maybe"

The 13 original colonies which comprised the freshly declared United States
were:

Virginia
New Jersey
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
New York
Maryland
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Delaware
North Carolina
South Carolina
and Georgia


Probably this is what they mean; original colonies which became states.

[In_The_Wind]

7. I guess you're right.

[AllegroRondo]

9. Not without the quarters for reference