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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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






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






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






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






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






6. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






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






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






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






10. A country that is unified.






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






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






13. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






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






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






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






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






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






19. What was Savvanah known as?






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






21. England's population between 1550-1600?






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






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






24. Who was most famous sea dog?






25. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






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






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






29. What unusual right did Southern women have?

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






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






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






33. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






34. When was Jamestown founded?






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






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






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






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






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

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






41. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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






43. What was the result of the 2nd Powhatan war?






44. When and who was Carolina founded?






45. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.






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






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






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






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






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