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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What happened in 1606 between King James I and London Virginia Company?






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






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






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






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






6. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






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






9. Who was most famous sea dog?






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






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






12. To limit property rights to eldest son.






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

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14. How many settlers survived the starving time?






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






22. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.






23. A country that is unified.






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. What caused religious civil war in England?

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






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






33. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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






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






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






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






38. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?






39. What was a headright?






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






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






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






43. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






44. When was Jamestown founded?






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






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






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






48. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






50. What was Savvanah known as?