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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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






2. What caused religious civil war in England?


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






4. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. How many settlers survived the starving time?






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






14. How did royal government deal with uprisings in Ireland?






15. Who was most famous sea dog?






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






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






18. Impact of Enclosure Movement?


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






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






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






22. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






24. When and who was Carolina founded?






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






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






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






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






29. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






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






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






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






33. What was a headright?






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






35. Two reasons England failed to establish colonies in first half of 1500's.






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






37. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






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






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






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






42. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?






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






44. What was Savvanah known as?






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






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






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






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






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






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