Unit 2 Group Review Part A

Laws were established to create an official system of slavery in the American colonies beginning in the

• mid-1500s.

• mid-1600s.

• mid-1700s.

• mid-1800s.

Why was the petition written by Pennsylvania German Quakers in 1688 significant?

• It outlined the Quakers’ support for slavery and the slave codes.

• The Quakers declared that they had decided to return to Europe.

• It was the first public statement to protest slavery in America.

• The southern colonies surprisingly rushed to support it.

Typically, southern colonial plantation owners

• agreed with the Quakers’ views on slavery.

• hired indentured servants to take the place of enslaved persons.

• feared revolts as the number of enslaved persons grew.

• often taught enslaved persons to read and write.

During the 1700s, enslaved people who tried to escape slavery

• fled to places where slavery was outlawed.

• were never able to flee far enough.

• were urged to testify against their owners.

• needed to learn to read and write first.

When their periods of service ended, indentured servants

• had to pay the landowner “freedom dues.”

• were forced into slavery.

• lost land they owned.

• caused a need for more laborers on plantations.

While slave codes were in effect,

• enslaved people’s activities were not restricted.

• enslaved people could enter in legal contracts.

• enslaved people could not be legally punished.

• enslaved people’s activities were restricted.

How did the slave codes affect enslaved people?

• The slave codes turned enslaved people into indentured servants.

• The slave codes protected enslaved people from slave owners.

• The slave codes kept enslaved people frightened and powerless.

• The slave codes kept enslaved people safe and comfortable.

In colonial America, enslaved workers who received manumission

• purchased their freedom.

• escaped to northern colonies.

• were freed by slave owners.

• became indentured servants.

During the colonial era, a long growing season and rich soil had a great effect on the economy of

• the New England colonies.

• the middle colonies.

• the southern colonies.

• all thirteen American colonies.

In which American colonies were cash crops raised for sale or export?

• the New England and middle colonies

• the middle and southern colonies

• the southern and New England colonies

• the southern, middle, and New England colonies