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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. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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






3. When and who was Carolina founded?






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






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






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






7. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. How many settlers survived the starving time?






19. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






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






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






22. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.






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






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






25. Who was most famous sea dog?






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






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






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






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






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






31. What unusual right did Southern women have?

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






33. What was Savvanah known as?






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






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






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






37. England's population between 1550-1600?






38. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






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






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






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






43. What was a headright?






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

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






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






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






48. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






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