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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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


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






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






18. What caused religious civil war in England?


19. To limit property rights to eldest son.






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






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






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






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






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






25. What was Captain John Smith's motto?


26. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. What did Charles I do in 1629?






35. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


49. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?






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.