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






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






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






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

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






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






8. England's population between 1550-1600?






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






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






11. When and who was Carolina founded?






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






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






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






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






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






17. Who was most famous sea dog?






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






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






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






21. A country that is unified.






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






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






24. What caused religious civil war in England?

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






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






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






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






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






30. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






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






32. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






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






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






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






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






38. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.






39. What did Charles I do in 1629?






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






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






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






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






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






45. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






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






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






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






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

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