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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. To limit property rights to eldest son.






2. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






4. How many settlers survived the starving time?






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






6. Who was most famous sea dog?






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

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






9. What was a headright?






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






11. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






12. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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13. What did Georgia recieved from English government in compensation for violence?






14. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. What was Savvanah known as?






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






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






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






27. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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






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






30. What did Charles I do in 1629?






31. Formal document issued by a monarch as a grant for power to an individual or business.






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






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






34. What unusual right did Southern women have?

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35. When and who was Carolina founded?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. What colony was known as a valley of humilty between two mountains of conceit?






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






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






48. What colony was founded in 1634 and was to be a safe havan to Catholics?






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






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