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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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






2. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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11. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






12. To limit property rights to eldest son.






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






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






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






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






17. What did Charles I do in 1629?






18. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






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






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

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






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






23. What unusual right did Southern women have?

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






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






26. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






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






28. Who was most famous sea dog?






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






30. How many settlers survived the starving time?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. What was Savvanah known as?






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






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






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






48. When was Jamestown founded?






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






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







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