I tripped over this by accident this morning, and I do not know whether to laugh or cry.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/0...Americans-can-t-name-the-original-17-colonies
U.S. citizenship test: Why Americans can't name the original 17 colonies
U.S. citizenship test: Some 450 years after America's founding, is civic ignorance at an all-time high? A Newsweek poll of US citizens from all 57 states reveals how misinformed we really are.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/0...Americans-can-t-name-the-original-17-colonies