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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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






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






3. When and who was Carolina founded?






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. England's population between 1550-1600?






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






12. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?






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






14. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






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






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






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






18. What unusual right did Southern women have?

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






20. What was Savvanah known as?






21. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






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






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






24. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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






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






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






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






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






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






31. What did Charles I do in 1629?






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






33. What was a headright?






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






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






36. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






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






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






39. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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