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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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






2. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?






3. How many settlers survived the starving time?






4. England's population between 1550-1600?






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






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






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






8. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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






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






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






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






13. One that is granted ownership of a colony - and full responsibilty of establishing a government and distributing land.






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






21. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






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






23. When was Jamestown founded?






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






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






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






27. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






28. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






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






31. When and who was Carolina founded?






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






41. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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