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






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






3. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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






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






6. When was Jamestown founded?






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






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






9. To limit property rights to eldest son.






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






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






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






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






14. A country that is unified.






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






16. How many settlers survived the starving time?






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






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






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






20. What unusual right did Southern women have?

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






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






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






24. England's population between 1550-1600?






25. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?






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






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






28. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






29. What did Charles I do in 1629?






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. What was a headright?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






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






46. Who was most famous sea dog?






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






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






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






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