The United States Mint 50 States Quarter Program
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1) The capital of Connecticut is ______________.
New Haven
Springfield
Providence
Hartford

2) Connecticut is known as _____________________.
The Garden State
The Constitution State
The Keystone State
The First State

3) Connecticut was the first to establish a set of laws by which the people govern ___________.
theirself
theirselves
themselves
themself

4) During its first 150 years, the U.S. Patent Office received _______ patents per capita from Connecticut _________ any other state.
most - than
more - than
more - then
most - of

5) Eli Whitney designed interchangeable parts ___ gun making, and ___ so doing put Connecticut ___ the map as the birthplace ___ mass production.
for - in - on - of
to - in - in - for
for - with - on - of
in - at - at - for

6) In 1614, Adrian Block, a Dutch explorer and navigator, first ___________ the area now ____________ Connecticut a part of his new colony, New Netherland.
had claimed - called
has claimed - is called
claimed - calling
claimed - called

7) After _______________ a small fort and trading post in the area in 1633, Block and his countrymen were soon driven out by English settlers from Massachusetts who _______________ west from neighboring Wethersfield and Windsor.
establishing - had migrated
established - migrated
establishing - migrated
established - had migrated

8) In 1662, Governor John Winthrop, Jr. ___________ a royal charter ______________ Connecticut as an independent colony.
obtained - establishing
had obtained - established
had obtained - establishing
has obtained- establishing

9) The United States Navy _____________ a submarine base in Groton in 1917, and the world's first atomic-powered submarine, the Nautilus, _____________ from its shore in 1954.
had built - has launched
was built - was launched
has built - has launched
built - was launched

10) Today, Connecticut leads the nation ____ insurance administration. More ____ 100 insurance companies have home offices _____ the area, and the industry employs tens of thousands of residents.
of - of - near
in - than - in
in - of - around
on - than - in

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