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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






12. When was Jamestown founded?






13. What caused religious civil war in England?

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14. What unusual right did Southern women have?

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15. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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






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






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






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






20. What did Charles I do in 1629?






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






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






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






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






25. When and who was Carolina founded?






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. A country that is unified.






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






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






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






36. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






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






39. How many settlers survived the starving time?






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






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






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






43. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






44. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?






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






46. What was a headright?






47. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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






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






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