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






2. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






4. England's population between 1550-1600?






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






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






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






8. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






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






10. Who was most famous sea dog?






11. What unusual right did Southern women have?

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






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






14. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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






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






24. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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






26. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






27. When was Jamestown founded?






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






29. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






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






31. How many settlers survived the starving time?






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






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






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






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






36. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






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






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






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






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






41. What was Savvanah known as?






42. A country that is unified.






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. When and who was Carolina founded?






50. What caused religious civil war in England?

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