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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. What did Charles I do in 1629?






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






3. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






4. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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






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






7. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






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






10. Came to Jamestown in 1610 - develped a strict military regime - and attacked Native Americans.






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






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






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






14. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






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






17. What was Savvanah known as?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. England's population between 1550-1600?






28. What was a headright?






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






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






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






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






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






34. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. To limit property rights to eldest son.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. What unusual right did Southern women have?

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