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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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






2. How many settlers survived the starving time?






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






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






5. Joint-stock company that established Jamestown in 1607.






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






7. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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






9. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






10. A country that is unified.






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






12. Who was most famous sea dog?






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






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






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






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






17. England's population between 1550-1600?






18. What was Savvanah known as?






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

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






21. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






22. When was Jamestown founded?






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






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






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






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






27. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






28. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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






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






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






32. What did Charles I do in 1629?






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






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






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






36. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






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






45. When and who was Carolina founded?






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






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






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






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






50. What caused religious civil war in England?

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