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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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1. What was a headright?






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






3. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. To limit property rights to eldest son.






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






13. What was Captain John Smith's motto?


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






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






16. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






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






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






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






20. What was Savvanah known as?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.






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






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






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






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






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






34. What caused religious civil war in England?


35. Who in 1612 perfected the rasing and harvesting of tabacco?






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






37. What did Charles I do in 1629?






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






39. When was Jamestown founded?






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






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






42. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






43. England's population between 1550-1600?






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






45. A country that is unified.






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






47. What unusual right did Southern women have?


48. How many settlers survived the starving time?






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






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