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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865
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1. In England - the enclosure of land in order to make pastures for sheep.
Enclosure Movement
Subsidaries (money compensation)
1) tabacco discovered 2) House of Burgess established 3) African slaves brought to Jamestown? 4) Women come to colony
John Smith
2. What rivers were important for transporatation in the south?
Proprietor
Maryland
Marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe
Cape Fear - Nuesse - and Savannah
3. Wooden structure - 25 feet in breadth - eight to two hundred feet long - large families resided in these
Subsidaries (money compensation)
Longhouse
Indian slaves
Lowered the risk of establishing a colony.
4. What colony was known as a valley of humilty between two mountains of conceit?
North Carolina
James Oglethrope
Handsome Lake
Many Puritan's lost homes and farmed - crowded into cities.
5. Soldier - statesmen - against debtors prison - founded colony of Georgia - ironically died in debtors prison himself.
James Oglethrope
Royal charter
Lowered the risk of establishing a colony.
Many Puritan's lost homes and farmed - crowded into cities.
6. One that is granted ownership of a colony - and full responsibilty of establishing a government and distributing land.
Nation-state
Proprietor
Had to seek their fortune elsewhere - many went to America where LAND was in abundance.
Georgia
7. What did 'King Nicotine' do to soil that caused settlers to continue pushing westward?
Depleted soil of its nutrients.
Could inherit husband's land.
Francis Drake - was eventually knighted by Elizabeth.
Maryland
8. Set of codes that defined a slave's status and relationship with master.
Water Raleigh
Lord Del la Warr
1) disease 2)disorganization 3) disposabilty
Slave codes
9. A country that is unified.
'He who shall not work - shall not eat.'
Nation-state
Enclosure Movement
Marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe
10. When was Jamestown founded?
Royal charter
Longhouse
May 24 - 1607
Lord Baltimore
11. In the West Indies what staple crop was most important?
Poulation explodes
Tabacco - alcohol - and lawyers
New Bern - Proprietory - 1670 - Indian slave - 1729=royal colony
Sugar cane
12. England's population between 1550-1600?
1685
Iroquois Confederacy
1670 - Lord Proprietors
Poulation explodes
13. What 4 important things happened in 1619?
Near James River - easy to defend.
1) tabacco discovered 2) House of Burgess established 3) African slaves brought to Jamestown? 4) Women come to colony
Slavery
yeoman
14. What was Captain John Smith's motto?
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15. What was the defeat of the Spanish Armada's impact on England.
Iroquois Confederacy
Tabacco - alcohol - and lawyers
Maryland
People were unified by sense of nationalism.
16. Where and why was Jamestown established at the area it was?
60
Near James River - easy to defend.
1624
Protestant Wind
17. How did royal government deal with uprisings in Ireland?
Protestant Wind
Lord Del la Warr
Crushed the Irish. Gave land to Scottish and English Protestants.
1685
18. What was the hurricane that finished off the Spanish Armada called?
Maryland Act of Toleration
1st and 2nd Anglo-Powhatan Wars
Marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe
Protestant Wind
19. What happened in 1606 between King James I and London Virginia Company?
'He who shall not work - shall not eat.'
Maryland
John Smith
Virginia Company was granted charter in America.
20. Impact of Enclosure Movement?
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21. What was the first settlement - type of ownership - when was it founeded - main export - and status of Maryland?
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22. What did the south have a lot of and less of?
Pocahontas
Barbados Slave Codes
Large amount of land and small population.
1685
23. Daughter of chief Powhatan - through relationship with John Smith and marriage to John Rolfe - became an 'ambassador' between Indians and English settelers.
Could inherit husband's land.
Pocahontas
Lowered the risk of establishing a colony.
Water Raleigh
24. Who sent Spanish armada to English Channel to invade England?
King Phillip II of Spain
'He who shall not work - shall not eat.'
Dismissed parliament
Primogeniture
25. Gave master all power over slave - condoned cruel punishments
Land you recieved if you moved to Virginia - 50 acres a person.
Barbados Slave Codes
Handsome Lake
Lord Del la Warr
26. How many settlers survived the starving time?
Iroquois Confederacy
60
Near large rivers
People were unified by sense of nationalism.
27. What colony was founded in 1733 and was used - essentially - as a buffer?
Georgia
1200
Nation-state
Lord Del la Warr
28. Charles II restored to the throne leading to intensified building and growth of Imperialism in England.
Georgia
Restoration
Indian slaves
Barbados Slave Codes
29. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?
Tabacco - alcohol - and lawyers
1670 - Lord Proprietors
Crushed the Irish. Gave land to Scottish and English Protestants.
North Carolina
30. How did joint-stock companies help fuel colonization?
Protestant Wind
Lowered the risk of establishing a colony.
Maryland Act of Toleration
Slave codes
31. Formal document issued by a monarch as a grant for power to an individual or business.
Handsome Lake
Barbados Slave Codes
Virginia Company
Royal charter
32. What was the date of John Smith's mock execution?
St. Mary's - Proprietory - 1634 - tobacco - remained propiretory
Depleted soil of its nutrients.
December 1607.
1670 - Lord Proprietors
33. The act of using another human being for free labor - treating them as property.
Joint-stock company
Slavery
Squatter
Indian slaves
34. What caused religious civil war in England?
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35. What was the result of the 2nd Powhatan war?
Reduced and pushed the Indian poplations westward.
1685
Melting Pot society
Cape Fear - Nuesse - and Savannah
36. What year did James I make bankrupt Virginia a royal colony?
Nation-state
Land you recieved if you moved to Virginia - 50 acres a person.
Enclosure Movement
1624
37. Who was most famous sea dog?
Lord Del la Warr
Indian slaves
Francis Drake - was eventually knighted by Elizabeth.
Dismissed parliament
38. What was the first settlement - type of ownership - when was it founeded - main export - and status of North Carolina?
Francis Drake - was eventually knighted by Elizabeth.
New Bern - Proprietory - 1670 - Indian slave - 1729=royal colony
Lord Del la Warr
Powhatan
39. What was the first settlement - type of ownership - when was it founeded - main export - and status of South Carolina?
1200
Melting Pot society
Charlestown - Proprietory - 1670 - Indian slaves - rice - indigo - 1729=royal colony
Lord Baltimore
40. Winter of 1609-1610 - many Jamestown settlers died of starvation and sickness - only 60 survived.
Starving time
1624
Charlestown - Proprietory - 1670 - Indian slaves - rice - indigo - 1729=royal colony
Proprietor
41. Law stating that the eldest son had all rights to father's assets and land.
Melting Pot society
Primogeniture
Squatter
Slave codes
42. What was Pocahonta's 'christain name'?
December 1607.
Rebecca
Near large rivers
1) disease 2)disorganization 3) disposabilty
43. What ended England's alliance with Spain in 1558?
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44. Married Pocahontas and developed tobacco - murdered in Indian raid.
Jamestown - Joint-stock company - 1607 - tobacco - 1624=royal
John Rolfe
St. Mary's - Proprietory - 1634 - tobacco - remained propiretory
Rebecca
45. Common working man - no special craft - small farmer.
Reduced and pushed the Indian poplations westward.
yeoman
1) disease 2)disorganization 3) disposabilty
North Carolina
46. By 1625 - how many settlers in Jamestown - out of 8 -000 had survived?
Virginia Company was granted charter in America.
James Oglethrope
Queen Elizabeth's first ascension to the throne.
1200
47. Who annouced war on Powhatan Indians and used 'Irish tactics' on the natives?
Near James River - easy to defend.
Lord Del la Warr
1670 - Lord Proprietors
1200
48. Two reasons England failed to establish colonies in first half of 1500's.
Nation-state
Virginia Company was granted charter in America.
John Smith
1) Religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants 2) Allied with Spain
49. Came to Jamestown in 1610 - develped a strict military regime - and attacked Native Americans.
People were unified by sense of nationalism.
Lord Del la Warr
Indian slaves
1624
50. What was the area between the English settlers and Indians called?
1712
St. Mary's - Proprietory - 1634 - tobacco - remained propiretory
The middle ground
John Rolfe