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






3. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






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






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






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






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






9. What was a headright?






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. A country that is unified.






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






18. To limit property rights to eldest son.






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






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






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






22. From prominent Catholic family - founded Maryland in 1634 - as a safe haven for other Catholics.






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. When and who was Carolina founded?






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

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31. Iroquois Indian - had a vision that his people's moral decline must end - started a religion now known as Longhouse religion.






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






33. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






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

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






36. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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37. What caused religious civil war in England?

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






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






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






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






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






43. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






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






45. How many settlers survived the starving time?






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






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






48. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






49. England's population between 1550-1600?






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







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