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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. To limit property rights to eldest son.






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






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






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






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






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






7. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?






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






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






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






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






25. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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






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






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






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






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






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

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32. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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






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






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






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






37. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.






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






39. What was a headright?






40. Who was most famous sea dog?






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

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42. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






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






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






45. What unusual right did Southern women have?

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46. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






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






49. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






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