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CLEP U.S. History Early Colonization Till 1865

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1. When was Jamestown founded?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Effect of primongenture laws on younger sons?






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






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






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






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






23. What three vices were allowed in Georgia?






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






25. powerful Indian chief of tribes near James River






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






33. What caused religious civil war in England?


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






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






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






37. What year did the Carolinas officially spilt?






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






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






40. What was a headright?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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