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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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1. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






2. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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3. What caused religious civil war in England?

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






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






6. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






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






9. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






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






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






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






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

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






15. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






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






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






18. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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






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

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






22. A country that is unified.






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






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






25. To limit property rights to eldest son.






26. England's population between 1550-1600?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. What was a headright?






35. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.






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






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






38. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






39. Who was most famous sea dog?






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






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






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






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






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






45. When and who was Carolina founded?






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






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






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






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






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







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