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






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






3. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






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






6. What caused religious civil war in England?

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7. How many settlers survived the starving time?






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






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






10. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.






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






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






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






14. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






15. A country that is unified.






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






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






18. To limit property rights to eldest son.






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






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






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






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






23. What was a headright?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?






35. What was Savvanah known as?






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






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

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






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






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






41. When was Jamestown founded?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. England's population between 1550-1600?






50. Who was most famous sea dog?