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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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1. What was Captain John Smith's motto?


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






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






4. What caused religious civil war in England?


5. What did Charles I do in 1629?






6. What ended England's alliance with Spain in 1558?


7. How many settlers survived the starving time?






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






9. What was a headright?






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






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






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






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






14. England's population between 1550-1600?






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






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






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






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






19. What was Savvanah known as?






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






21. When and who was Carolina founded?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 1622 and1644 - wars between Powhatan Indians and English settlers - resulted in seperation of Europeans and Indians in area near James River






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






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






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






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






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






35. When was Jamestown founded?






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






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






38. Impact of Enclosure Movement?


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






40. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






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






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






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






44. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






46. 5 bound Indian tribes - Mowhawks - Oneidas - Onondagas - Cayugas - and Seneca- worked together to defeat enemies and obtain resources.






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






48. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?






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






50. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?