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

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






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






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






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






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






7. When was Jamestown founded?






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






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






10. What did Charles I do in 1629?






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






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






13. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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21. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.






22. What caused religious civil war in England?

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






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






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






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






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






28. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






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






38. What unusual right did Southern women have?

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

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40. What was a headright?






41. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






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






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






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






45. To limit property rights to eldest son.






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






47. England's population between 1550-1600?






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






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






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