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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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1. What was Savvanah known as?






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






3. Who was most famous sea dog?






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






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






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






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






8. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






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






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






12. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






13. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






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






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






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






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






19. What did Charles I do in 1629?






20. Impact of Enclosure Movement?


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






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


23. To limit property rights to eldest son.






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






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






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






27. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?






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






29. How many settlers survived the starving time?






30. England's population between 1550-1600?






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






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






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






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






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






36. In England - the enclosure of land in order to make pastures for sheep.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. What unusual right did Southern women have?


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