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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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






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






3. When and who was Carolina founded?






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






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






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

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






8. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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9. England's population between 1550-1600?






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






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






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






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






14. Who was most famous sea dog?






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






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






17. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






19. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






20. What was Savvanah known as?






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






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






23. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






24. What caused religious civil war in England?

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






26. What did Charles I do in 1629?






27. Set of codes that defined a slave's status and relationship with master.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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






39. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. What was a headright?






48. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






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






50. When was Jamestown founded?