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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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






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






3. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.






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






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






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






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






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

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






11. Who was most famous sea dog?






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






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






14. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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






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






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

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






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






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






21. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






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






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






25. What was a headright?






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






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






28. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






30. A country that is unified.






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






32. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. When and who was Carolina founded?






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






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






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






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






46. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






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






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






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






50. What did Charles I do in 1629?







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