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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. Joint-stock company that established Jamestown in 1607.






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. What unusual right did Southern women have?

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






10. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






11. England's population between 1550-1600?






12. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






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






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






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






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






17. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






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






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

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27. Who was most famous sea dog?






28. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






29. How many settlers survived the starving time?






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






31. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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32. When was Jamestown founded?






33. What caused religious civil war in England?

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34. When and who was Carolina founded?






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






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

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






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






39. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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






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






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






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






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






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






46. What was a headright?






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






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






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






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