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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 was a headright?






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






3. Wooden structure - 25 feet in breadth - eight to two hundred feet long - large families resided in these






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.






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






12. Winter of 1609-1610 - many Jamestown settlers died of starvation and sickness - only 60 survived.






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






14. What happened in 1614 that ended the 1st Anglo-Powhatan War?






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






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






17. By 1625 - how many settlers in Jamestown - out of 8 -000 had survived?






18. What did Charles I do in 1629?






19. What caused religious civil war in England?

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






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






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






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






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






25. To limit property rights to eldest son.






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






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

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28. Who was most famous sea dog?






29. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






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






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






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






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






34. What unusual right did Southern women have?

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

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






37. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






39. A country that is unified.






40. England's population between 1550-1600?






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






42. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?






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






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






45. What was the hurricane that finished off the Spanish Armada called?






46. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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






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






49. What happened in 1606 between King James I and London Virginia Company?






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