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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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






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






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






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






5. When and who was Carolina founded?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. What was a headright?






16. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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






25. What caused religious civil war in England?

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






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






28. What unusual right did Southern women have?

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29. Who was most famous sea dog?






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






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






32. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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






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






35. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






36. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.






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






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






39. To limit property rights to eldest son.






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






41. What did Charles I do in 1629?






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






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






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






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






46. England's population between 1550-1600?






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






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






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






50. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?







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