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






2. When and who was Carolina founded?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






11. What caused religious civil war in England?

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






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






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






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






24. England's population between 1550-1600?






25. Who was most famous sea dog?






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






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






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






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






30. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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31. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.






32. When was Jamestown founded?






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. What did Charles I do in 1629?






50. To limit property rights to eldest son.