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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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






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






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






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






5. A country that is unified.






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






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






8. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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17. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.






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






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






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






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






22. England's population between 1550-1600?






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






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






25. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






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






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






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






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






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






31. When was Jamestown founded?






32. To limit property rights to eldest son.






33. How many settlers survived the starving time?






34. What was Savvanah known as?






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






36. When and who was Carolina founded?






37. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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