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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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






2. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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






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






14. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






15. How many settlers survived the starving time?






16. England's population between 1550-1600?






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






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






19. What caused religious civil war in England?

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






21. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. A country that is unified.






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






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






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






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

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






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






45. One that is granted ownership of a colony - and full responsibilty of establishing a government and distributing land.






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






47. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.






48. When was Jamestown founded?






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






50. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?