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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865
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1. Gave master all power over slave - condoned cruel punishments
King Phillip II of Spain
Barbados Slave Codes
Entail
Indentured servant
2. What was the hurricane that finished off the Spanish Armada called?
People were unified by sense of nationalism.
King Henry VIII's seperation from Roman Catholic Church.
Protestant Wind
1670 - Lord Proprietors
3. Leader of Jamestown - 1607 was 'mock' executed and 'saved' by Pocahontas.
Water Raleigh
Humphrey Gilbert
Subsidaries (money compensation)
John Smith
4. What was a headright?
Indian slaves
Land you recieved if you moved to Virginia - 50 acres a person.
Maryland
Indentured servant
5. One that is granted ownership of a colony - and full responsibilty of establishing a government and distributing land.
60
James Oglethrope
Proprietor
Lord Baltimore
6. What was the first settlement - type of ownership - when was it founeded - main export - and status of North Carolina?
60
May 24 - 1607
New Bern - Proprietory - 1670 - Indian slave - 1729=royal colony
Many Puritan's lost homes and farmed - crowded into cities.
7. From prominent Catholic family - founded Maryland in 1634 - as a safe haven for other Catholics.
Nation-state
Lord Baltimore
Near large rivers
Many Puritan's lost homes and farmed - crowded into cities.
8. What was the date of John Smith's mock execution?
John Smith
December 1607.
Starving time
Virginia Company was granted charter in America.
9. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River
Charlestown - Proprietory - 1670 - Indian slaves - rice - indigo - 1729=royal colony
Enclosure Movement
Francis Drake - was eventually knighted by Elizabeth.
Powhatan
10. Impact of Enclosure Movement?
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11. What was the area between the English settlers and Indians called?
The middle ground
Lord Baltimore
Slavery
Restoration
12. Who was most famous sea dog?
'He who shall not work - shall not eat.'
John Rolfe
Melting Pot society
Francis Drake - was eventually knighted by Elizabeth.
13. What are the queen's personal pirates or privateers called?
John Smith
Sea dogs
North Carolina
New Bern - Proprietory - 1670 - Indian slave - 1729=royal colony
14. Where and why was Jamestown established at the area it was?
St. Mary's - Proprietory - 1634 - tobacco - remained propiretory
Enclosure Movement
Near James River - easy to defend.
Joint-stock company
15. What was the first settlement - type of ownership - when was it founeded - main export - and status of South Carolina?
Barbados Slave Codes
Charlestown - Proprietory - 1670 - Indian slaves - rice - indigo - 1729=royal colony
Subsidaries (money compensation)
Handsome Lake
16. What ended England's alliance with Spain in 1558?
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17. What was the defeat of the Spanish Armada's impact on England.
People were unified by sense of nationalism.
Depleted soil of its nutrients.
Slavery
Poulation explodes
18. Soldier - statesmen - against debtors prison - founded colony of Georgia - ironically died in debtors prison himself.
Rebecca
James Oglethrope
Subsidaries (money compensation)
Powhatan
19. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?
Francis Drake - was eventually knighted by Elizabeth.
Maryland
1712
Enclosure Movement
20. When was Jamestown founded?
May 24 - 1607
Joint-stock company
King Phillip II of Spain
Lord Del la Warr
21. Winter of 1609-1610 - many Jamestown settlers died of starvation and sickness - only 60 survived.
Iroquois Confederacy
1st and 2nd Anglo-Powhatan Wars
Starving time
1200
22. Half brother of Sir Walter Raleigh - with Queen Elizabeth's permission set out to establish a colony in Newfoundland - died at sea in 1583.
'He who shall not work - shall not eat.'
1200
Powhatan
Humphrey Gilbert
23. Who in 1612 perfected the rasing and harvesting of tabacco?
Entail
Savannah - Propreitory - 1733 - silk and wine - 1752=royal colony
St. Mary's - Proprietory - 1634 - tobacco - remained propiretory
John Rolfe
24. What colony was founded in 1634 and was to be a safe havan to Catholics?
Subsidaries (money compensation)
Maryland
Poulation explodes
Maryland Act of Toleration
25. What unusual right did Southern women have?
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26. Two reasons England failed to establish colonies in first half of 1500's.
Slavery
1) Religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants 2) Allied with Spain
Charlestown - Proprietory - 1670 - Indian slaves - rice - indigo - 1729=royal colony
1685
27. Joint-stock company that established Jamestown in 1607.
Virginia Company
Pocahontas
1712
Protestant Wind
28. Who sent Spanish armada to English Channel to invade England?
Melting Pot society
King Phillip II of Spain
Near large rivers
Had to seek their fortune elsewhere - many went to America where LAND was in abundance.
29. What was South Carolina's most imporant export?
Handsome Lake
Joint-stock company
Indian slaves
Had to seek their fortune elsewhere - many went to America where LAND was in abundance.
30. In England - the enclosure of land in order to make pastures for sheep.
House of Burgess
Lowered the risk of establishing a colony.
John Rolfe
Enclosure Movement
31. What rivers were important for transporatation in the south?
Humphrey Gilbert
Cape Fear - Nuesse - and Savannah
1670 - Lord Proprietors
Enclosure Movement
32. Law stating that the eldest son had all rights to father's assets and land.
1624
Nation-state
Could inherit husband's land.
Primogeniture
33. What was Pocahonta's 'christain name'?
Tabacco - alcohol - and lawyers
John Rolfe
Rebecca
Humphrey Gilbert
34. Charles II restored to the throne leading to intensified building and growth of Imperialism in England.
'He who shall not work - shall not eat.'
Restoration
1200
Sugar cane
35. Married Pocahontas and developed tobacco - murdered in Indian raid.
John Rolfe
Virginia Company
December 1607.
Virginia Company was granted charter in America.
36. Set of codes that defined a slave's status and relationship with master.
John Rolfe
King Phillip II of Spain
Slave codes
Near James River - easy to defend.
37. Formal document issued by a monarch as a grant for power to an individual or business.
Royal charter
John Rolfe
Virginia Company
Rebecca
38. How did royal government deal with uprisings in Ireland?
Could inherit husband's land.
Humphrey Gilbert
Crushed the Irish. Gave land to Scottish and English Protestants.
1200
39. What colony was founded in 1733 and was used - essentially - as a buffer?
Near James River - easy to defend.
Georgia
John Rolfe
Rebecca
40. Wooden structure - 25 feet in breadth - eight to two hundred feet long - large families resided in these
yeoman
Could inherit husband's land.
Longhouse
John Rolfe
41. What was Captain John Smith's motto?
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42. A country that is unified.
Had to seek their fortune elsewhere - many went to America where LAND was in abundance.
Longhouse
Tabacco - alcohol - and lawyers
Nation-state
43. What happened in 1606 between King James I and London Virginia Company?
St. Mary's - Proprietory - 1634 - tobacco - remained propiretory
December 1607.
Virginia Company was granted charter in America.
People were unified by sense of nationalism.
44. What was the result of the 2nd Powhatan war?
1) Religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants 2) Allied with Spain
Poulation explodes
Reduced and pushed the Indian poplations westward.
Lord Baltimore
45. One who lives and makes use of land that they do not own.
Savannah - Propreitory - 1733 - silk and wine - 1752=royal colony
Could inherit husband's land.
Squatter
Primogeniture
46. Gave all Christians in Maryland - including Catholics - freedom of worship.
King Phillip II of Spain
Near large rivers
Lord Del la Warr
Maryland Act of Toleration
47. By 1625 - how many settlers in Jamestown - out of 8 -000 had survived?
Indentured servant
Indian slaves
1200
Iroquois Confederacy
48. Daughter of chief Powhatan - through relationship with John Smith and marriage to John Rolfe - became an 'ambassador' between Indians and English settelers.
Pocahontas
Crushed the Irish. Gave land to Scottish and English Protestants.
Cape Fear - Nuesse - and Savannah
Charlestown - Proprietory - 1670 - Indian slaves - rice - indigo - 1729=royal colony
49. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?
John Smith
Barbados Slave Codes
Lord Del la Warr
Had to seek their fortune elsewhere - many went to America where LAND was in abundance.
50. Where were most cities and plantations located in the south?
Near large rivers
Joint-stock company
Pocahontas
Large amount of land and small population.