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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 sent Spanish armada to English Channel to invade England?






2. How many settlers survived the starving time?






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






4. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?






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






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






7. What was Savvanah known as?






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






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






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






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






12. To limit property rights to eldest son.






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






20. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






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






23. What did Charles I do in 1629?






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






31. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






33. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






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






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






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






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






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






39. England's population between 1550-1600?






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






41. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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






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






44. A country that is unified.






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






46. What unusual right did Southern women have?

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






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






49. What was a headright?






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