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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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1. A country that is unified.






2. What was a headright?






3. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






5. Impact of Enclosure Movement?

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






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






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

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9. What colony was founded in 1733 and was used - essentially - as a buffer?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Who was most famous sea dog?






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






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






25. When was Jamestown founded?






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






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






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






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






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






31. What did Charles I do in 1629?






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. England's population between 1550-1600?






39. What 4 important things happened in 1619?






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?






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






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






49. What caused religious civil war in England?

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50. What was Savvanah known as?







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