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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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






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






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






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






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






6. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






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






9. What was Savvanah known as?






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






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






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






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






14. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.






15. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






17. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Who was most famous sea dog?






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






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






35. What ended England's alliance with Spain in 1558?

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






37. A country that is unified.






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






39. To limit property rights to eldest son.






40. What did Charles I do in 1629?






41. First representnative government in New World - founded in Virginia in 1619.






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






43. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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






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






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






47. In England - the enclosure of land in order to make pastures for sheep.






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






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






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






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