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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 was South Carolina's most imporant export?






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






4. What was Savvanah known as?






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






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






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






8. What was a headright?






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






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






11. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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






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






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






15. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.






16. Who was most famous sea dog?






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






25. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. England's population between 1550-1600?






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






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






35. From prominent Catholic family - founded Maryland in 1634 - as a safe haven for other Catholics.






36. When and who was Carolina founded?






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






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






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






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






41. A country that is unified.






42. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






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






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






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






46. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






47. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






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






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