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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. A country that is unified.






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






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






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






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






21. Who was most famous sea dog?






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






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






24. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






25. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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

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27. What colony was founded in 1634 and was to be a safe havan to Catholics?






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






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






30. What caused religious civil war in England?

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






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






33. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






34. What did Charles I do in 1629?






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






36. What was Savvanah known as?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. When and who was Carolina founded?






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






46. What unusual right did Southern women have?

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






48. England's population between 1550-1600?






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






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