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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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






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






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






4. What did Charles I do in 1629?






5. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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6. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






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






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






9. What unusual right did Southern women have?

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






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






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






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






14. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






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






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






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






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






20. How many settlers survived the starving time?






21. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. What caused religious civil war in England?

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






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






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






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






33. What was Savvanah known as?






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






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






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






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






38. England's population between 1550-1600?






39. What was a headright?






40. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






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






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






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






44. A country that is unified.






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






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






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






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






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






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