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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. What were the '3 D's'?






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






3. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.






4. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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






6. What unusual right did Southern women have?

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






8. When and who was Carolina founded?






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






10. How many settlers survived the starving time?






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






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






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






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






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






16. What was the area between the English settlers and Indians called?






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






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






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






20. Where were most cities and plantations located in the south?






21. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






22. Joint-stock company that established Jamestown in 1607.






23. What was the defeat of the Spanish Armada's impact on England.






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






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






26. Where and why was Jamestown established at the area it was?






27. What year did James I make bankrupt Virginia a royal colony?






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






29. What did Charles I do in 1629?






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

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31. Charles II restored to the throne leading to intensified building and growth of Imperialism in England.






32. To limit property rights to eldest son.






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






34. What year was the Powhatan people practiacally declared extinct?






35. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






37. What colony was founded in 1733 and was used - essentially - as a buffer?






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






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






40. What was a headright?






41. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






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






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






44. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






45. When was Jamestown founded?






46. What was the first settlement - type of ownership - when was it founeded - main export - and status of South Carolina?






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






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






49. What are the queen's personal pirates or privateers called?






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