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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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






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






3. Two reasons England failed to establish colonies in first half of 1500's.






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






5. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






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






8. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.






9. England's population between 1550-1600?






10. What did Charles I do in 1629?






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






12. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?






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






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






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






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






17. When and who was Carolina founded?






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






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






20. Who was most famous sea dog?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






37. What was Savvanah known as?






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






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






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

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






42. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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






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






45. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






47. What was a headright?






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






49. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






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