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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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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Poor person that bond themselves to several years of labor to pay for passage to New World.






2. What unusual right did Southern women have?

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






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






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






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






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






8. A country that is unified.






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. What did Charles I do in 1629?






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






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






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






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






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






21. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.






22. England's population between 1550-1600?






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






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






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






26. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






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






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






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






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

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32. When was Jamestown founded?






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






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






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






36. Who was most famous sea dog?






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






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






39. How many settlers survived the starving time?






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






41. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






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






43. What caused religious civil war in England?

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






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






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






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






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






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






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