Slavery and Unalienable Rights

Slavery was most prevalent-

• in the New England Colonies.

• in the Middle Colonies.

• in the Southern Colonies.

• in all three regions equally.

Which statement is true?

• The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade was one side of the triangle in Triangular Trade- the Middle Passage.

• In Triangular Trade, the mother country sent raw materials to the colonies.

• Triangular Trade and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade were the same thing.

Southerners felt that __________ were needed to make large plantations possible.

• large families

• slaves

• indentured servants

• cattle

Economic activities in the New England Colonies were mostly shipbuilding and fishing, while the south relied on large-scale agriculture. Why?

• Most people in New England lived in cities. You can't farm in a big city.

• The physical geography determined the economic activities.

• Someone in the colonies had to produce crops, so it was decided the south would be responsible for that.

New England Colonies= __________, while Southern Colonies= __________.

• rocky soil and cold climate / fertile soil and warm climate

• warm climate and fertile soil / rocky soil and cold climate

• slave labor / indentured servants

• moderate climate and shipbuilding / cold climate and fishing.

Who came up with the idea of "natural rights?"

• Thomas Paine

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Smith

• John Locke

Natural Rights included life, liberty, and-

• the right to bear arms.

• freedom.

• the pursuit of happiness.

• property.

Which writer, who was the author of the Declaration of Independence, was inspired by Natural Rights?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Paine

• John Locke

• John Smith

The writer of the Declaration of Independence changed the natural rights to say life, liberty, and-

• property.

• the pursuit of happiness.

• freedom.

• the right to bear arms.

Which factor below contributed to the development of the plantation system, which then increased the number of slaves?

• large amounts of land in the southern colonies

• warm climate/longer growing season

• fertile soil

• all of the above