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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. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






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






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






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






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






16. When and who was Carolina founded?






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






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






19. A country that is unified.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






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






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






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






31. How many settlers survived the starving time?






32. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?






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






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






35. What was Savvanah known as?






36. What did Charles I do in 1629?






37. England's population between 1550-1600?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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46. What unusual right did Southern women have?

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






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






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






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