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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. What did Charles I do in 1629?






9. England's population between 1550-1600?






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






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






12. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






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






26. What was Captain John Smith's motto?


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. What was a headright?






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






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






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






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






40. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






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






42. What caused religious civil war in England?


43. To limit property rights to eldest son.






44. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






45. A country that is unified.






46. When was Jamestown founded?






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






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






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






50. What was Savvanah known as?