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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865
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1. From prominent Catholic family - founded Maryland in 1634 - as a safe haven for other Catholics.
Lord Baltimore
Handsome Lake
Iroquois Confederacy
Powhatan
2. How many settlers survived the starving time?
Marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe
60
North Carolina
May 24 - 1607
3. What was the area between the English settlers and Indians called?
The middle ground
Indian slaves
1) Religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants 2) Allied with Spain
Squatter
4. What colony was founded in 1634 and was to be a safe havan to Catholics?
Melting Pot society
Restoration
King Henry VIII's seperation from Roman Catholic Church.
Maryland
5. What 4 important things happened in 1619?
Jamestown - Joint-stock company - 1607 - tobacco - 1624=royal
1712
1) tabacco discovered 2) House of Burgess established 3) African slaves brought to Jamestown? 4) Women come to colony
Joint-stock company
6. What was the first settlement - type of ownership - when was it founeded - main export - and status of Virginia?
North Carolina
Jamestown - Joint-stock company - 1607 - tobacco - 1624=royal
Poulation explodes
Could inherit husband's land.
7. A country that is unified.
May 24 - 1607
Nation-state
Powhatan
Francis Drake - was eventually knighted by Elizabeth.
8. What did Charles I do in 1629?
Charlestown - Proprietory - 1670 - Indian slaves - rice - indigo - 1729=royal colony
King Phillip II of Spain
Dismissed parliament
'He who shall not work - shall not eat.'
9. Two reasons England failed to establish colonies in first half of 1500's.
Charlestown - Proprietory - 1670 - Indian slaves - rice - indigo - 1729=royal colony
1) Religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants 2) Allied with Spain
1) tabacco discovered 2) House of Burgess established 3) African slaves brought to Jamestown? 4) Women come to colony
John Smith
10. Gave master all power over slave - condoned cruel punishments
Entail
Near James River - easy to defend.
Humphrey Gilbert
Barbados Slave Codes
11. Joint-stock company that established Jamestown in 1607.
yeoman
Virginia Company
Sea dogs
Reduced and pushed the Indian poplations westward.
12. Impact of Enclosure Movement?
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13. What rivers were important for transporatation in the south?
Water Raleigh
Protestant Wind
Cape Fear - Nuesse - and Savannah
Virginia Company
14. Gave all Christians in Maryland - including Catholics - freedom of worship.
Powhatan
Indentured servant
Maryland Act of Toleration
Many Puritan's lost homes and farmed - crowded into cities.
15. Who was most famous sea dog?
Large amount of land and small population.
Francis Drake - was eventually knighted by Elizabeth.
Land you recieved if you moved to Virginia - 50 acres a person.
yeoman
16. What was Pocahonta's 'christain name'?
Lord Baltimore
Large amount of land and small population.
Rebecca
Georgia
17. Set of codes that defined a slave's status and relationship with master.
Slave codes
Lowered the risk of establishing a colony.
Savannah - Propreitory - 1733 - silk and wine - 1752=royal colony
1) disease 2)disorganization 3) disposabilty
18. Former 'sea dog' - established an unsucessful colony in Roanoke - NC. Was later executed by Queen Elizabeth.
Lowered the risk of establishing a colony.
Poulation explodes
Water Raleigh
'He who shall not work - shall not eat.'
19. Came to Jamestown in 1610 - develped a strict military regime - and attacked Native Americans.
Maryland Act of Toleration
Rebecca
Handsome Lake
Lord Del la Warr
20. What are the queen's personal pirates or privateers called?
Primogeniture
1712
Sea dogs
Had to seek their fortune elsewhere - many went to America where LAND was in abundance.
21. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.
James Oglethrope
Iroquois Confederacy
Pocahontas
1) tabacco discovered 2) House of Burgess established 3) African slaves brought to Jamestown? 4) Women come to colony
22. Who sent Spanish armada to English Channel to invade England?
Protestant Wind
House of Burgess
King Phillip II of Spain
Depleted soil of its nutrients.
23. One who lives and makes use of land that they do not own.
1624
Restoration
Squatter
John Rolfe
24. Business entity that is owned by many shareholders - first form of a corporation.
House of Burgess
60
Joint-stock company
Lord Del la Warr
25. What ended England's alliance with Spain in 1558?
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26. What was Savvanah known as?
Melting Pot society
Lord Del la Warr
Virginia Company
Slavery
27. First representnative government in New World - founded in Virginia in 1619.
Primogeniture
Nation-state
King Phillip II of Spain
House of Burgess
28. Iroquois Indian - had a vision that his people's moral decline must end - started a religion now known as Longhouse religion.
Iroquois Confederacy
'He who shall not work - shall not eat.'
December 1607.
Handsome Lake
29. Charles II restored to the throne leading to intensified building and growth of Imperialism in England.
Cape Fear - Nuesse - and Savannah
Restoration
King Phillip II of Spain
'He who shall not work - shall not eat.'
30. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River
Powhatan
Subsidaries (money compensation)
Depleted soil of its nutrients.
Jamestown - Joint-stock company - 1607 - tobacco - 1624=royal
31. In England - the enclosure of land in order to make pastures for sheep.
King Henry VIII's seperation from Roman Catholic Church.
Enclosure Movement
Jamestown - Joint-stock company - 1607 - tobacco - 1624=royal
Cape Fear - Nuesse - and Savannah
32. What happened in 1606 between King James I and London Virginia Company?
Squatter
Georgia
Large amount of land and small population.
Virginia Company was granted charter in America.
33. What was the first settlement - type of ownership - when was it founeded - main export - and status of South Carolina?
Handsome Lake
1685
Had to seek their fortune elsewhere - many went to America where LAND was in abundance.
Charlestown - Proprietory - 1670 - Indian slaves - rice - indigo - 1729=royal colony
34. Formal document issued by a monarch as a grant for power to an individual or business.
James Oglethrope
Nation-state
Royal charter
Crushed the Irish. Gave land to Scottish and English Protestants.
35. Leader of Jamestown - 1607 was 'mock' executed and 'saved' by Pocahontas.
John Smith
Powhatan
Indian slaves
Indentured servant
36. What unusual right did Southern women have?
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37. What was the result of the 2nd Powhatan war?
Melting Pot society
Protestant Wind
Primogeniture
Reduced and pushed the Indian poplations westward.
38. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?
Marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe
Joint-stock company
Tabacco - alcohol - and lawyers
Had to seek their fortune elsewhere - many went to America where LAND was in abundance.
39. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?
1624
Enclosure Movement
Tabacco - alcohol - and lawyers
Virginia Company was granted charter in America.
40. What was Captain John Smith's motto?
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41. What was the date of John Smith's mock execution?
Crushed the Irish. Gave land to Scottish and English Protestants.
1712
December 1607.
Starving time
42. One that is granted ownership of a colony - and full responsibilty of establishing a government and distributing land.
1624
Proprietor
1st and 2nd Anglo-Powhatan Wars
Entail
43. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?
House of Burgess
1200
1712
Water Raleigh
44. What was the defeat of the Spanish Armada's impact on England.
Rebecca
People were unified by sense of nationalism.
The middle ground
Powhatan
45. What did the south have a lot of and less of?
James Oglethrope
Large amount of land and small population.
Subsidaries (money compensation)
Depleted soil of its nutrients.
46. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River
Royal charter
James Oglethrope
King Henry VIII's seperation from Roman Catholic Church.
1st and 2nd Anglo-Powhatan Wars
47. Married Pocahontas and developed tobacco - murdered in Indian raid.
Large amount of land and small population.
James Oglethrope
House of Burgess
John Rolfe
48. By 1625 - how many settlers in Jamestown - out of 8 -000 had survived?
Near James River - easy to defend.
1200
Francis Drake - was eventually knighted by Elizabeth.
Handsome Lake
49. Common working man - no special craft - small farmer.
Nation-state
House of Burgess
yeoman
Many Puritan's lost homes and farmed - crowded into cities.
50. How did royal government deal with uprisings in Ireland?
Crushed the Irish. Gave land to Scottish and English Protestants.
North Carolina
John Rolfe
May 24 - 1607
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