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






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






3. Who was most famous sea dog?






4. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






14. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






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






16. What unusual right did Southern women have?

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






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






19. How many settlers survived the starving time?






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






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






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






23. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






24. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






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






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






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






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






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






38. What was a headright?






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






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






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






42. When and who was Carolina founded?






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






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






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






46. What did Charles I do in 1629?






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






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






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






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