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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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






2. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






3. What unusual right did Southern women have?


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






5. When was Jamestown founded?






6. How many settlers survived the starving time?






7. To limit property rights to eldest son.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






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






20. What was South Carolina's most imporant export?






21. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






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 were the '3 D's'?






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






25. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.






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






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






28. Who was most famous sea dog?






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






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






31. Impact of Enclosure Movement?


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






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






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






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






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






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






38. What was Pocahonta's 'christain name'?






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






40. What did Charles I do in 1629?






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






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






43. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






44. Where were most cities and plantations located in the south?






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






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


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






48. When and who was Carolina founded?






49. What did 'King Nicotine' do to soil that caused settlers to continue pushing westward?






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