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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 a headright?






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. What did Charles I do in 1629?






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






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






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






16. When and who was Carolina founded?






17. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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28. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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






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






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






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






33. When was Jamestown founded?






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






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






36. What caused religious civil war in England?

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






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






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






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






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






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






43. How many settlers survived the starving time?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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