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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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






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






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






4. What was Savvanah known as?






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






6. England's population between 1550-1600?






7. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. A country that is unified.






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






18. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






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






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






32. When was Jamestown founded?






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






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






35. What was a headright?






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






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






38. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






48. To limit property rights to eldest son.






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






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