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






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






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






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


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


6. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?






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






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






9. When was Jamestown founded?






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






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






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






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






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






15. What did Charles I do in 1629?






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






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






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






19. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






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






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






22. What unusual right did Southern women have?


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






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






25. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. What was Savvanah known as?






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






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






35. What caused religious civil war in England?


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






37. What was a headright?






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






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






40. Impact of Enclosure Movement?


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






42. To limit property rights to eldest son.






43. A country that is unified.






44. Who was most famous sea dog?






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






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






47. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.






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






49. What was Captain John Smith's motto?


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