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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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






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






3. When and who was Carolina founded?






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






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






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






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






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






9. What did Charles I do in 1629?






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






11. What was Savvanah known as?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. What was Captain John Smith's motto?

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






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






27. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.






28. What caused religious civil war in England?

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






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






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






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






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






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






35. To limit property rights to eldest son.






36. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






38. When was Jamestown founded?






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






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






41. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






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






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






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






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






47. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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






49. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






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