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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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






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






3. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






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






6. What was a headright?






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






8. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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






10. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






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






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

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






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






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






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






17. To limit property rights to eldest son.






18. Gave master all power over slave - condoned cruel punishments






19. England's population between 1550-1600?






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






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






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






23. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?






24. How many settlers survived the starving time?






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






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






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






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






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






30. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






31. When was Jamestown founded?






32. What was Savvanah known as?






33. What caused religious civil war in England?

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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






46. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






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






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






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

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