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






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






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






4. To limit property rights to eldest son.






5. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






6. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. What caused religious civil war in England?

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19. Who was most famous sea dog?






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






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






22. What was a headright?






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

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






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






26. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






27. A country that is unified.






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






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






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






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






32. When was Jamestown founded?






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






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






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






36. What unusual right did Southern women have?

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






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






39. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






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






50. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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