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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?
1200
Crushed the Irish. Gave land to Scottish and English Protestants.
Primogeniture
Pocahontas
2. What rivers were important for transporatation in the south?
1st and 2nd Anglo-Powhatan Wars
Cape Fear - Nuesse - and Savannah
Maryland
John Rolfe
3. One that is granted ownership of a colony - and full responsibilty of establishing a government and distributing land.
Handsome Lake
Proprietor
Large amount of land and small population.
Powhatan
4. Daughter of chief Powhatan - through relationship with John Smith and marriage to John Rolfe - became an 'ambassador' between Indians and English settelers.
Poulation explodes
Squatter
Pocahontas
Primogeniture
5. Where were most cities and plantations located in the south?
John Smith
Sea dogs
John Rolfe
Near large rivers
6. What was the first settlement - type of ownership - when was it founeded - main export - and status of Virginia?
1st and 2nd Anglo-Powhatan Wars
Jamestown - Joint-stock company - 1607 - tobacco - 1624=royal
Slave codes
Georgia
7. Leader of Jamestown - 1607 was 'mock' executed and 'saved' by Pocahontas.
Charlestown - Proprietory - 1670 - Indian slaves - rice - indigo - 1729=royal colony
Nation-state
1670 - Lord Proprietors
John Smith
8. What were the '3 D's'?
Lord Baltimore
1) disease 2)disorganization 3) disposabilty
Starving time
Sugar cane
9. Set of codes that defined a slave's status and relationship with master.
Slave codes
Sugar cane
Large amount of land and small population.
1624
10. Charles II restored to the throne leading to intensified building and growth of Imperialism in England.
Proprietor
Restoration
Humphrey Gilbert
1685
11. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River
Joint-stock company
1st and 2nd Anglo-Powhatan Wars
King Phillip II of Spain
Maryland Act of Toleration
12. When and who was Carolina founded?
People were unified by sense of nationalism.
yeoman
1670 - Lord Proprietors
Jamestown - Joint-stock company - 1607 - tobacco - 1624=royal
13. What colony was founded in 1733 and was used - essentially - as a buffer?
Georgia
People were unified by sense of nationalism.
Proprietor
Lord Del la Warr
14. What was the area between the English settlers and Indians called?
Royal charter
The middle ground
Handsome Lake
1) tabacco discovered 2) House of Burgess established 3) African slaves brought to Jamestown? 4) Women come to colony
15. Who annouced war on Powhatan Indians and used 'Irish tactics' on the natives?
Lord Del la Warr
Longhouse
'He who shall not work - shall not eat.'
1) tabacco discovered 2) House of Burgess established 3) African slaves brought to Jamestown? 4) Women come to colony
16. In England - the enclosure of land in order to make pastures for sheep.
Subsidaries (money compensation)
Handsome Lake
North Carolina
Enclosure Movement
17. What caused religious civil war in England?
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18. What ended England's alliance with Spain in 1558?
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19. Joint-stock company that established Jamestown in 1607.
Virginia Company
December 1607.
Joint-stock company
Melting Pot society
20. What 4 important things happened in 1619?
Had to seek their fortune elsewhere - many went to America where LAND was in abundance.
1) tabacco discovered 2) House of Burgess established 3) African slaves brought to Jamestown? 4) Women come to colony
Pocahontas
Royal charter
21. What was a headright?
Restoration
Land you recieved if you moved to Virginia - 50 acres a person.
King Henry VIII's seperation from Roman Catholic Church.
Depleted soil of its nutrients.
22. Common working man - no special craft - small farmer.
Restoration
Francis Drake - was eventually knighted by Elizabeth.
King Henry VIII's seperation from Roman Catholic Church.
yeoman
23. Two reasons England failed to establish colonies in first half of 1500's.
Indian slaves
1) Religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants 2) Allied with Spain
Humphrey Gilbert
Lord Del la Warr
24. What was Captain John Smith's motto?
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25. How many settlers survived the starving time?
Sea dogs
Squatter
60
Enclosure Movement
26. What was the first settlement - type of ownership - when was it founeded - main export - and status of Maryland?
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27. Law stating that the eldest son had all rights to father's assets and land.
John Rolfe
Francis Drake - was eventually knighted by Elizabeth.
Primogeniture
Rebecca
28. Who in 1612 perfected the rasing and harvesting of tabacco?
Melting Pot society
Humphrey Gilbert
yeoman
John Rolfe
29. Winter of 1609-1610 - many Jamestown settlers died of starvation and sickness - only 60 survived.
Starving time
1685
yeoman
The middle ground
30. In the West Indies what staple crop was most important?
May 24 - 1607
Sugar cane
December 1607.
Royal charter
31. What colony was founded in 1634 and was to be a safe havan to Catholics?
Maryland
Dismissed parliament
Enclosure Movement
Squatter
32. Formal document issued by a monarch as a grant for power to an individual or business.
Sea dogs
Restoration
Handsome Lake
Royal charter
33. What was the first settlement - type of ownership - when was it founeded - main export - and status of South Carolina?
Rebecca
Charlestown - Proprietory - 1670 - Indian slaves - rice - indigo - 1729=royal colony
1624
House of Burgess
34. Gave all Christians in Maryland - including Catholics - freedom of worship.
Maryland Act of Toleration
The middle ground
Nation-state
Slave codes
35. What was Pocahonta's 'christain name'?
'He who shall not work - shall not eat.'
Nation-state
1670 - Lord Proprietors
Rebecca
36. What unusual right did Southern women have?
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37. Wooden structure - 25 feet in breadth - eight to two hundred feet long - large families resided in these
Poulation explodes
Starving time
Longhouse
Joint-stock company
38. England's population between 1550-1600?
Virginia Company was granted charter in America.
Poulation explodes
1) tabacco discovered 2) House of Burgess established 3) African slaves brought to Jamestown? 4) Women come to colony
Virginia Company
39. How did royal government deal with uprisings in Ireland?
Depleted soil of its nutrients.
1) tabacco discovered 2) House of Burgess established 3) African slaves brought to Jamestown? 4) Women come to colony
60
Crushed the Irish. Gave land to Scottish and English Protestants.
40. What colony was known as a valley of humilty between two mountains of conceit?
Melting Pot society
Jamestown - Joint-stock company - 1607 - tobacco - 1624=royal
Virginia Company
North Carolina
41. What are the queen's personal pirates or privateers called?
Sea dogs
1685
1st and 2nd Anglo-Powhatan Wars
Reduced and pushed the Indian poplations westward.
42. What did 'King Nicotine' do to soil that caused settlers to continue pushing westward?
Depleted soil of its nutrients.
St. Mary's - Proprietory - 1634 - tobacco - remained propiretory
Sea dogs
John Rolfe
43. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?
Had to seek their fortune elsewhere - many went to America where LAND was in abundance.
Poulation explodes
Enclosure Movement
King Phillip II of Spain
44. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?
1) disease 2)disorganization 3) disposabilty
1712
People were unified by sense of nationalism.
Nation-state
45. Soldier - statesmen - against debtors prison - founded colony of Georgia - ironically died in debtors prison himself.
Lord Del la Warr
Near James River - easy to defend.
Large amount of land and small population.
James Oglethrope
46. What was Savvanah known as?
Poulation explodes
Melting Pot society
Powhatan
Large amount of land and small population.
47. What was South Carolina's most imporant export?
James Oglethrope
Land you recieved if you moved to Virginia - 50 acres a person.
Indian slaves
Proprietor
48. Impact of Enclosure Movement?
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49. Who sent Spanish armada to English Channel to invade England?
Iroquois Confederacy
King Phillip II of Spain
John Rolfe
Lord Baltimore
50. First representnative government in New World - founded in Virginia in 1619.
James Oglethrope
Cape Fear - Nuesse - and Savannah
Barbados Slave Codes
House of Burgess