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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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






2. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.






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






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






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






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






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






8. What did Charles I do in 1629?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






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






21. How many settlers survived the starving time?






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






23. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






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






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






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






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






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






29. When was Jamestown founded?






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






31. What was Savvanah known as?






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






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






34. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






35. What colony was known as a valley of humilty between two mountains of conceit?






36. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






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






39. England's population between 1550-1600?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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