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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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






2. The act of using another human being for free labor - treating them as property.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


10. One who lives and makes use of land that they do not own.






11. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?






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






13. When was Jamestown founded?






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. What did Charles I do in 1629?






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






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






23. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






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






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






27. What caused religious civil war in England?


28. To limit property rights to eldest son.






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






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






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






32. Impact of Enclosure Movement?


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






34. What happened in 1606 between King James I and London Virginia Company?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. What was Captain John Smith's motto?


46. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






47. When and who was Carolina founded?






48. What was the area between the English settlers and Indians called?






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






50. A country that is unified.