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






2. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.






3. When and who was Carolina founded?






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






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






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






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






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






9. How many settlers survived the starving time?






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






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






12. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






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






14. What was a headright?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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23. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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






25. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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






27. What caused religious civil war in England?

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28. Daughter of chief Powhatan - through relationship with John Smith and marriage to John Rolfe - became an 'ambassador' between Indians and English settelers.






29. Who was most famous sea dog?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. England's population between 1550-1600?






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






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






40. A country that is unified.






41. To limit property rights to eldest son.






42. What was Savvanah known as?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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