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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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






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


3. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






4. England's population between 1550-1600?






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






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






7. When and who was Carolina founded?






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






9. What was Captain John Smith's motto?


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






11. What caused religious civil war in England?


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






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






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






15. When was Jamestown founded?






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






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






18. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






20. What unusual right did Southern women have?


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






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






23. Daughter of chief Powhatan - through relationship with John Smith and marriage to John Rolfe - became an 'ambassador' between Indians and English settelers.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






40. What was Savvanah known as?






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. A country that is unified.






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






49. What was a headright?






50. Who was most famous sea dog?