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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 Pocahonta's 'christain name'?






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






3. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






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






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






7. When and who was Carolina founded?






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






22. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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23. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






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






25. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.






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






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






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

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






30. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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31. England's population between 1550-1600?






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






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






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






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






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






37. What caused religious civil war in England?

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?






48. What did Charles I do in 1629?






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






50. To limit property rights to eldest son.