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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. When and who was Carolina founded?






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






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






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






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






13. Who was most famous sea dog?






14. To limit property rights to eldest son.






15. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?






16. When was Jamestown founded?






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






18. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






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






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






35. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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

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






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






46. What caused religious civil war in England?

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






48. What did Charles I do in 1629?






49. What was Savvanah known as?






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