| A | B |
|---|
| Delaware | "The First State" |
| Georgia | "The Peach State" |
| Maryland | "Old Line State" |
| Pennsylvania | "The Keystone State" |
| New York | "Empire State" |
| New Hampshire | "The Granite State" |
| South Carolina | "The Palmetto State" |
| North Carolina | "The Tarheel State" |
| Massachusetts | "Bay State" |
| Virginia | "Old Dominion" |
| New Jersey | "The Garden State" |
| Rhode Island | "The Ocean State" |
| Connecticut | "The Constitution State" |
| ratify | means to approve or confirm |
| first to ratify the Constitution | Delaware |
| means "Near the Great Hills" | Massachusetts |
| means "Penn's Woodlands" | Pennsylvania |
| last to ratify the Constitution | Rhode Island |
| Named after King George 1st | Georgia |
| had first permanent English colony | Virginia |
