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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. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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2. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






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






4. How many settlers survived the starving time?






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






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






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






8. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?






9. What did Charles I do in 1629?






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






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






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






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






14. A country that is unified.






15. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






26. What caused religious civil war in England?

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






28. What unusual right did Southern women have?

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






30. When and who was Carolina founded?






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






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






33. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






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






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






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






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






38. What was Savvanah known as?






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






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






41. When was Jamestown founded?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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