Grammar and Language Workbook

12. When the territory became a state in 1803, the residents decided to call it, “Ohio.”
13. Ohio means “beautiful river” in the Iroquois language, and it proved an appropriate
description of the important transportation link.
14. Who the important political figures were at the time, can also be deduced from state
names.
15. North and South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia, are some good examples of states
named after contemporary figures.
16. Carolina is the Latin form of Charles
 
North Carolina and South Carolina are named for
King Charles I of England.
17. Elizabeth of England, called the Virgin Queen, provided, the name for the first English
colony in the New World.
18. Sir Walter Raleigh named the colony after Elizabeth
 
he and his monarch were close friends.
19. Georgia is also named for an English monarch, but its namesake is a later one than
Elizabeth or Charles.
20. James Oglethorpe founded the colony in 1732, and named it after George II.
21. Several states have the word New in their names
 
these include New Hampshire, New
York, New Mexico, and New Jersey.
22. New Hampshire, New York, and New Jersey were named after places in England
 
Spanish explorers in the Southwest applied the name “New Mexico” to areas west 
of the Rio Grande in the 1500s.

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Lesson 86
Commas in Review
 Exercise 1
Add commas where necessary. Delete commas used incorrectly, using the delete ( )
symbol.
The important thing to remember about the story is, that men
,
women
,
and children can
accomplish much more, when they work together.