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






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






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






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






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






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






7. To limit property rights to eldest son.






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






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






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






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






12. When and who was Carolina founded?






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






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






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

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






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






18. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?






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






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






21. England's population between 1550-1600?






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






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






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






25. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






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






27. What unusual right did Southern women have?

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






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






30. What did Charles I do in 1629?






31. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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






33. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






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






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






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






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






39. Daughter of chief Powhatan - through relationship with John Smith and marriage to John Rolfe - became an 'ambassador' between Indians and English settelers.






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

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






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






43. One that is granted ownership of a colony - and full responsibilty of establishing a government and distributing land.






44. What was a headright?






45. When was Jamestown founded?






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






47. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






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






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