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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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






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






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






4. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






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






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






8. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. How many settlers survived the starving time?






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






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






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






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






21. What was Captain John Smith's motto?


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. What was a headright?






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






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






33. Soldier - statesmen - against debtors prison - founded colony of Georgia - ironically died in debtors prison himself.






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






35. When and who was Carolina founded?






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






37. What year did James I make bankrupt Virginia a royal colony?






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






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






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






41. Who was most famous sea dog?






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






43. What unusual right did Southern women have?


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






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






46. What caused religious civil war in England?


47. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






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






49. What was Savvanah known as?






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