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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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






2. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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






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






5. What was a headright?






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






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






8. Who was most famous sea dog?






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






10. Leader of Jamestown - 1607 was 'mock' executed and 'saved' by Pocahontas.






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






12. What caused religious civil war in England?

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






14. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?






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






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






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






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






19. What unusual right did Southern women have?

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






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






22. How many settlers survived the starving time?






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






24. To limit property rights to eldest son.






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






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






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






28. When was Jamestown founded?






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






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






31. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






33. What did Charles I do in 1629?






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






35. What was Savvanah known as?






36. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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

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49. How did joint-stock companies help fuel colonization?






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







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