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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 unusual right did Southern women have?

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2. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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






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






5. A country that is unified.






6. What was a headright?






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






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






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






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






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






12. Who was most famous sea dog?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. What did Charles I do in 1629?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. What caused religious civil war in England?

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48. To limit property rights to eldest son.






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






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