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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865
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1. In the West Indies what staple crop was most important?
Joint-stock company
Sea dogs
Sugar cane
1) Religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants 2) Allied with Spain
2. When and who was Carolina founded?
King Phillip II of Spain
1670 - Lord Proprietors
King Henry VIII's seperation from Roman Catholic Church.
'He who shall not work - shall not eat.'
3. Two reasons England failed to establish colonies in first half of 1500's.
1) Religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants 2) Allied with Spain
Virginia Company was granted charter in America.
Proprietor
Water Raleigh
4. Common working man - no special craft - small farmer.
1200
North Carolina
Virginia Company
yeoman
5. Soldier - statesmen - against debtors prison - founded colony of Georgia - ironically died in debtors prison himself.
Cape Fear - Nuesse - and Savannah
Could inherit husband's land.
1) Religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants 2) Allied with Spain
James Oglethrope
6. What was the result of the 2nd Powhatan war?
Reduced and pushed the Indian poplations westward.
Handsome Lake
yeoman
Could inherit husband's land.
7. What year did James I make bankrupt Virginia a royal colony?
North Carolina
December 1607.
Reduced and pushed the Indian poplations westward.
1624
8. What colony was founded in 1733 and was used - essentially - as a buffer?
James Oglethrope
Queen Elizabeth's first ascension to the throne.
yeoman
Georgia
9. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.
Pocahontas
Near large rivers
Protestant Wind
Iroquois Confederacy
10. What happened in 1614 that ended the 1st Anglo-Powhatan War?
Virginia Company
Marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe
Starving time
Longhouse
11. What was the area between the English settlers and Indians called?
Iroquois Confederacy
1685
People were unified by sense of nationalism.
The middle ground
12. Wooden structure - 25 feet in breadth - eight to two hundred feet long - large families resided in these
John Rolfe
Longhouse
Slave codes
Depleted soil of its nutrients.
13. Charles II restored to the throne leading to intensified building and growth of Imperialism in England.
December 1607.
Primogeniture
Many Puritan's lost homes and farmed - crowded into cities.
Restoration
14. When was Jamestown founded?
May 24 - 1607
North Carolina
Joint-stock company
Primogeniture
15. Former 'sea dog' - established an unsucessful colony in Roanoke - NC. Was later executed by Queen Elizabeth.
Starving time
Water Raleigh
1624
Pocahontas
16. Joint-stock company that established Jamestown in 1607.
Virginia Company
Sugar cane
Rebecca
1200
17. What was the date of John Smith's mock execution?
Cape Fear - Nuesse - and Savannah
Francis Drake - was eventually knighted by Elizabeth.
Sugar cane
December 1607.
18. Set of codes that defined a slave's status and relationship with master.
Tabacco - alcohol - and lawyers
John Rolfe
Slave codes
Reduced and pushed the Indian poplations westward.
19. What was a headright?
St. Mary's - Proprietory - 1634 - tobacco - remained propiretory
Land you recieved if you moved to Virginia - 50 acres a person.
Squatter
Lord Baltimore
20. What were the '3 D's'?
Water Raleigh
Land you recieved if you moved to Virginia - 50 acres a person.
John Rolfe
1) disease 2)disorganization 3) disposabilty
21. Half brother of Sir Walter Raleigh - with Queen Elizabeth's permission set out to establish a colony in Newfoundland - died at sea in 1583.
Humphrey Gilbert
Poulation explodes
People were unified by sense of nationalism.
Cape Fear - Nuesse - and Savannah
22. What happened in 1606 between King James I and London Virginia Company?
Virginia Company was granted charter in America.
1st and 2nd Anglo-Powhatan Wars
Humphrey Gilbert
Water Raleigh
23. Who annouced war on Powhatan Indians and used 'Irish tactics' on the natives?
Lord Del la Warr
1) tabacco discovered 2) House of Burgess established 3) African slaves brought to Jamestown? 4) Women come to colony
Marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe
People were unified by sense of nationalism.
24. Where were most cities and plantations located in the south?
Near large rivers
Handsome Lake
Land you recieved if you moved to Virginia - 50 acres a person.
John Rolfe
25. What was Savvanah known as?
Subsidaries (money compensation)
Melting Pot society
North Carolina
Humphrey Gilbert
26. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?
Proprietor
Had to seek their fortune elsewhere - many went to America where LAND was in abundance.
1st and 2nd Anglo-Powhatan Wars
New Bern - Proprietory - 1670 - Indian slave - 1729=royal colony
27. Impact of Enclosure Movement?
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28. What was the defeat of the Spanish Armada's impact on England.
December 1607.
People were unified by sense of nationalism.
Charlestown - Proprietory - 1670 - Indian slaves - rice - indigo - 1729=royal colony
Sea dogs
29. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River
John Smith
Humphrey Gilbert
People were unified by sense of nationalism.
Powhatan
30. Where and why was Jamestown established at the area it was?
Near James River - easy to defend.
Savannah - Propreitory - 1733 - silk and wine - 1752=royal colony
Entail
Sea dogs
31. What was the first settlement - type of ownership - when was it founeded - main export - and status of Virginia?
Jamestown - Joint-stock company - 1607 - tobacco - 1624=royal
John Smith
People were unified by sense of nationalism.
Georgia
32. How many settlers survived the starving time?
1) disease 2)disorganization 3) disposabilty
60
'He who shall not work - shall not eat.'
Subsidaries (money compensation)
33. Daughter of chief Powhatan - through relationship with John Smith and marriage to John Rolfe - became an 'ambassador' between Indians and English settelers.
1) tabacco discovered 2) House of Burgess established 3) African slaves brought to Jamestown? 4) Women come to colony
1712
Lord Baltimore
Pocahontas
34. What colony was founded in 1634 and was to be a safe havan to Catholics?
Maryland
Depleted soil of its nutrients.
Land you recieved if you moved to Virginia - 50 acres a person.
St. Mary's - Proprietory - 1634 - tobacco - remained propiretory
35. Came to Jamestown in 1610 - develped a strict military regime - and attacked Native Americans.
60
Lord Del la Warr
1712
Maryland
36. Poor person that bond themselves to several years of labor to pay for passage to New World.
Restoration
Large amount of land and small population.
Indentured servant
Lord Baltimore
37. What was the hurricane that finished off the Spanish Armada called?
'He who shall not work - shall not eat.'
Could inherit husband's land.
Reduced and pushed the Indian poplations westward.
Protestant Wind
38. Who was most famous sea dog?
Longhouse
Marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe
Queen Elizabeth's first ascension to the throne.
Francis Drake - was eventually knighted by Elizabeth.
39. What was Pocahonta's 'christain name'?
Sea dogs
Many Puritan's lost homes and farmed - crowded into cities.
Rebecca
The middle ground
40. England's population between 1550-1600?
Subsidaries (money compensation)
Marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe
Handsome Lake
Poulation explodes
41. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River
1st and 2nd Anglo-Powhatan Wars
Primogeniture
1670 - Lord Proprietors
Charlestown - Proprietory - 1670 - Indian slaves - rice - indigo - 1729=royal colony
42. Who in 1612 perfected the rasing and harvesting of tabacco?
Marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe
Primogeniture
John Rolfe
Tabacco - alcohol - and lawyers
43. By 1625 - how many settlers in Jamestown - out of 8 -000 had survived?
1) disease 2)disorganization 3) disposabilty
Entail
1200
Near James River - easy to defend.
44. What was Captain John Smith's motto?
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45. From prominent Catholic family - founded Maryland in 1634 - as a safe haven for other Catholics.
Reduced and pushed the Indian poplations westward.
December 1607.
Lord Baltimore
yeoman
46. What rivers were important for transporatation in the south?
Cape Fear - Nuesse - and Savannah
The middle ground
December 1607.
Rebecca
47. What colony was known as a valley of humilty between two mountains of conceit?
Lord Del la Warr
House of Burgess
People were unified by sense of nationalism.
North Carolina
48. What was the first settlement - type of ownership - when was it founeded - main export - and status of North Carolina?
New Bern - Proprietory - 1670 - Indian slave - 1729=royal colony
Virginia Company was granted charter in America.
Jamestown - Joint-stock company - 1607 - tobacco - 1624=royal
1200
49. Gave master all power over slave - condoned cruel punishments
Near large rivers
Virginia Company
Had to seek their fortune elsewhere - many went to America where LAND was in abundance.
Barbados Slave Codes
50. Gave all Christians in Maryland - including Catholics - freedom of worship.
Francis Drake - was eventually knighted by Elizabeth.
Land you recieved if you moved to Virginia - 50 acres a person.
Maryland Act of Toleration
Subsidaries (money compensation)