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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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1. What unusual right did Southern women have?


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






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






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






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






6. When and who was Carolina founded?






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






8. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






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






11. What was Savvanah known as?






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






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






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






15. What was Captain John Smith's motto?


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






17. When was Jamestown founded?






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






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






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






21. Impact of Enclosure Movement?


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






23. Gave master all power over slave - condoned cruel punishments






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






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






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






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






28. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






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






30. What was a headright?






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






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






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






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






35. What caused religious civil war in England?


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






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






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


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






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






41. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?






42. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






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






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






45. England's population between 1550-1600?






46. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






48. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






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


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