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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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2. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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3. Leader of Jamestown - 1607 was 'mock' executed and 'saved' by Pocahontas.






4. Soldier - statesmen - against debtors prison - founded colony of Georgia - ironically died in debtors prison himself.






5. A country that is unified.






6. Former 'sea dog' - established an unsucessful colony in Roanoke - NC. Was later executed by Queen Elizabeth.






7. Who sent Spanish armada to English Channel to invade England?






8. One who lives and makes use of land that they do not own.






9. Set of codes that defined a slave's status and relationship with master.






10. Half brother of Sir Walter Raleigh - with Queen Elizabeth's permission set out to establish a colony in Newfoundland - died at sea in 1583.






11. What was the date of John Smith's mock execution?






12. What were the '3 D's'?






13. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






14. How did royal government deal with uprisings in Ireland?






15. Business entity that is owned by many shareholders - first form of a corporation.






16. Iroquois Indian - had a vision that his people's moral decline must end - started a religion now known as Longhouse religion.






17. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.






18. What did 'King Nicotine' do to soil that caused settlers to continue pushing westward?






19. What was the first settlement - type of ownership - when was it founeded - main export - and status of Maryland?

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20. Gave master all power over slave - condoned cruel punishments






21. How many settlers survived the starving time?






22. What ended England's alliance with Spain in 1558?

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23. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?






24. Two reasons England failed to establish colonies in first half of 1500's.






25. Who in 1612 perfected the rasing and harvesting of tabacco?






26. What did Charles I do in 1629?






27. The act of using another human being for free labor - treating them as property.






28. Poor person that bond themselves to several years of labor to pay for passage to New World.






29. What did the south have a lot of and less of?






30. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






31. Married Pocahontas and developed tobacco - murdered in Indian raid.






32. Gave all Christians in Maryland - including Catholics - freedom of worship.






33. When was Jamestown founded?






34. What was a headright?






35. Law stating that the eldest son had all rights to father's assets and land.






36. England's population between 1550-1600?






37. From prominent Catholic family - founded Maryland in 1634 - as a safe haven for other Catholics.






38. What was the result of the 2nd Powhatan war?






39. First representnative government in New World - founded in Virginia in 1619.






40. Who was most famous sea dog?






41. In England - the enclosure of land in order to make pastures for sheep.






42. What was Pocahonta's 'christain name'?






43. Who annouced war on Powhatan Indians and used 'Irish tactics' on the natives?






44. How did joint-stock companies help fuel colonization?






45. What was the first settlement - type of ownership - when was it founeded - main export - and status of Georgia?






46. What was South Carolina's most imporant export?






47. What rivers were important for transporatation in the south?






48. Common working man - no special craft - small farmer.






49. In the West Indies what staple crop was most important?






50. What was Savvanah known as?