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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 Pocahonta's 'christain name'?






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






3. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






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






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






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






8. What caused religious civil war in England?

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






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






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






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






13. What was Savvanah known as?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






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






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






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






25. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?






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






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






28. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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






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






31. A country that is unified.






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






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






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






35. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






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






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






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






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






41. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






42. What was a headright?






43. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






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






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






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






47. What unusual right did Southern women have?

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






49. England's population between 1550-1600?






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