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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. What was Savvanah known as?






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

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






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






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






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






18. To limit property rights to eldest son.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Who was most famous sea dog?






28. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. How many settlers survived the starving time?






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. What unusual right did Southern women have?

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






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






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






46. A country that is unified.






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






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






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






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