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






2. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






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






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






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






6. What caused religious civil war in England?

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7. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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






9. What was Savvanah known as?






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






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






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






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






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






15. Came to Jamestown in 1610 - develped a strict military regime - and attacked Native Americans.






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






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






18. What was a headright?






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






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






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






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






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






24. To limit property rights to eldest son.






25. When and who was Carolina founded?






26. How many settlers survived the starving time?






27. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






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






29. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






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






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






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






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

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35. England's population between 1550-1600?






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






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






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






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






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






41. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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






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






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






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






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






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






48. What unusual right did Southern women have?

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






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