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






2. Wooden structure - 25 feet in breadth - eight to two hundred feet long - large families resided in these






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






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






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






6. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






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






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






10. What caused religious civil war in England?

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11. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?






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






20. When was Jamestown founded?






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






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






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






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






25. When and who was Carolina founded?






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






27. Former 'sea dog' - established an unsucessful colony in Roanoke - NC. Was later executed by Queen Elizabeth.






28. England's population between 1550-1600?






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






30. What did Charles I do in 1629?






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






32. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






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






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






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






36. A country that is unified.






37. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






38. Who was most famous sea dog?






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

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






41. To limit property rights to eldest son.






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






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






44. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






45. What unusual right did Southern women have?

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






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






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






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






50. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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