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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865
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1. What was Savvanah known as?
Queen Elizabeth's first ascension to the throne.
Charlestown - Proprietory - 1670 - Indian slaves - rice - indigo - 1729=royal colony
Melting Pot society
Humphrey Gilbert
2. In England - the enclosure of land in order to make pastures for sheep.
Enclosure Movement
Large amount of land and small population.
King Phillip II of Spain
People were unified by sense of nationalism.
3. What colony was founded in 1634 and was to be a safe havan to Catholics?
1685
Poulation explodes
Nation-state
Maryland
4. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.
The middle ground
1624
Iroquois Confederacy
Many Puritan's lost homes and farmed - crowded into cities.
5. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?
1685
Tabacco - alcohol - and lawyers
December 1607.
King Phillip II of Spain
6. What was the hurricane that finished off the Spanish Armada called?
King Phillip II of Spain
Lowered the risk of establishing a colony.
Protestant Wind
John Rolfe
7. Who in 1612 perfected the rasing and harvesting of tabacco?
Near large rivers
Lowered the risk of establishing a colony.
Sea dogs
John Rolfe
8. Married Pocahontas and developed tobacco - murdered in Indian raid.
Depleted soil of its nutrients.
John Rolfe
May 24 - 1607
North Carolina
9. Leader of Jamestown - 1607 was 'mock' executed and 'saved' by Pocahontas.
House of Burgess
John Smith
Maryland Act of Toleration
Slavery
10. What was the first settlement - type of ownership - when was it founeded - main export - and status of South Carolina?
The middle ground
Charlestown - Proprietory - 1670 - Indian slaves - rice - indigo - 1729=royal colony
New Bern - Proprietory - 1670 - Indian slave - 1729=royal colony
John Smith
11. What did the south have a lot of and less of?
Large amount of land and small population.
Marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe
Royal charter
December 1607.
12. How many settlers survived the starving time?
Indian slaves
Charlestown - Proprietory - 1670 - Indian slaves - rice - indigo - 1729=royal colony
60
Indentured servant
13. What did Georgia recieved from English government in compensation for violence?
December 1607.
Water Raleigh
Subsidaries (money compensation)
Charlestown - Proprietory - 1670 - Indian slaves - rice - indigo - 1729=royal colony
14. What was Captain John Smith's motto?
15. What was the result of the 2nd Powhatan war?
Entail
Indentured servant
Reduced and pushed the Indian poplations westward.
1712
16. When and who was Carolina founded?
Virginia Company
1st and 2nd Anglo-Powhatan Wars
1670 - Lord Proprietors
Depleted soil of its nutrients.
17. One who lives and makes use of land that they do not own.
Humphrey Gilbert
Squatter
Virginia Company
Dismissed parliament
18. What year did James I make bankrupt Virginia a royal colony?
Enclosure Movement
1624
Lord Baltimore
John Rolfe
19. One that is granted ownership of a colony - and full responsibilty of establishing a government and distributing land.
Primogeniture
Lord Del la Warr
Proprietor
Maryland Act of Toleration
20. Charles II restored to the throne leading to intensified building and growth of Imperialism in England.
Restoration
Barbados Slave Codes
yeoman
1) disease 2)disorganization 3) disposabilty
21. Law stating that the eldest son had all rights to father's assets and land.
Pocahontas
John Rolfe
Restoration
Primogeniture
22. Who sent Spanish armada to English Channel to invade England?
Indentured servant
Slavery
King Phillip II of Spain
Melting Pot society
23. Former 'sea dog' - established an unsucessful colony in Roanoke - NC. Was later executed by Queen Elizabeth.
Water Raleigh
Slave codes
King Phillip II of Spain
Maryland Act of Toleration
24. What ended England's alliance with Spain in 1558?
25. Set of codes that defined a slave's status and relationship with master.
Slave codes
Maryland
Indentured servant
People were unified by sense of nationalism.
26. What happened in 1614 that ended the 1st Anglo-Powhatan War?
Marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe
Land you recieved if you moved to Virginia - 50 acres a person.
Georgia
Lord Del la Warr
27. Came to Jamestown in 1610 - develped a strict military regime - and attacked Native Americans.
New Bern - Proprietory - 1670 - Indian slave - 1729=royal colony
Lord Del la Warr
Maryland
Rebecca
28. Where and why was Jamestown established at the area it was?
Lord Del la Warr
Could inherit husband's land.
Near James River - easy to defend.
Savannah - Propreitory - 1733 - silk and wine - 1752=royal colony
29. Joint-stock company that established Jamestown in 1607.
Enclosure Movement
St. Mary's - Proprietory - 1634 - tobacco - remained propiretory
Virginia Company
Slavery
30. What rivers were important for transporatation in the south?
Cape Fear - Nuesse - and Savannah
Enclosure Movement
Charlestown - Proprietory - 1670 - Indian slaves - rice - indigo - 1729=royal colony
People were unified by sense of nationalism.
31. What are the queen's personal pirates or privateers called?
New Bern - Proprietory - 1670 - Indian slave - 1729=royal colony
1200
Enclosure Movement
Sea dogs
32. What year was the Powhatan people practiacally declared extinct?
Slavery
St. Mary's - Proprietory - 1634 - tobacco - remained propiretory
1685
Jamestown - Joint-stock company - 1607 - tobacco - 1624=royal
33. From prominent Catholic family - founded Maryland in 1634 - as a safe haven for other Catholics.
1685
North Carolina
Had to seek their fortune elsewhere - many went to America where LAND was in abundance.
Lord Baltimore
34. How did royal government deal with uprisings in Ireland?
Maryland
Pocahontas
Proprietor
Crushed the Irish. Gave land to Scottish and English Protestants.
35. What colony was founded in 1733 and was used - essentially - as a buffer?
John Rolfe
Protestant Wind
Virginia Company was granted charter in America.
Georgia
36. What was the first settlement - type of ownership - when was it founeded - main export - and status of Georgia?
Indian slaves
St. Mary's - Proprietory - 1634 - tobacco - remained propiretory
Savannah - Propreitory - 1733 - silk and wine - 1752=royal colony
House of Burgess
37. What was the area between the English settlers and Indians called?
Indentured servant
Near large rivers
The middle ground
New Bern - Proprietory - 1670 - Indian slave - 1729=royal colony
38. What were the '3 D's'?
House of Burgess
Primogeniture
1) disease 2)disorganization 3) disposabilty
Depleted soil of its nutrients.
39. Gave master all power over slave - condoned cruel punishments
60
Barbados Slave Codes
Charlestown - Proprietory - 1670 - Indian slaves - rice - indigo - 1729=royal colony
Could inherit husband's land.
40. Business entity that is owned by many shareholders - first form of a corporation.
Joint-stock company
St. Mary's - Proprietory - 1634 - tobacco - remained propiretory
1624
Depleted soil of its nutrients.
41. What was South Carolina's most imporant export?
House of Burgess
Indian slaves
John Rolfe
King Phillip II of Spain
42. 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
May 24 - 1607
The middle ground
Subsidaries (money compensation)
43. Formal document issued by a monarch as a grant for power to an individual or business.
Restoration
Royal charter
Near James River - easy to defend.
Virginia Company
44. To limit property rights to eldest son.
Entail
Virginia Company was granted charter in America.
New Bern - Proprietory - 1670 - Indian slave - 1729=royal colony
Lord Baltimore
45. Who annouced war on Powhatan Indians and used 'Irish tactics' on the natives?
Lord Del la Warr
Many Puritan's lost homes and farmed - crowded into cities.
John Rolfe
Nation-state
46. Two reasons England failed to establish colonies in first half of 1500's.
1) Religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants 2) Allied with Spain
Slave codes
1) disease 2)disorganization 3) disposabilty
People were unified by sense of nationalism.
47. A country that is unified.
Large amount of land and small population.
Many Puritan's lost homes and farmed - crowded into cities.
Nation-state
North Carolina
48. Wooden structure - 25 feet in breadth - eight to two hundred feet long - large families resided in these
Powhatan
Water Raleigh
Squatter
Longhouse
49. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?
Near large rivers
St. Mary's - Proprietory - 1634 - tobacco - remained propiretory
1712
Protestant Wind
50. What was the first settlement - type of ownership - when was it founeded - main export - and status of Maryland?