African Americans Help Create a New Nation

African Americans were actually fighting for _________, and did not care what side won the war.

• money

• land

• goods and services

• freedom

William, Mia, and Liam are participating in a school play about the British Colonies. In which section of the colonies, according to their script, was slavery more prevalent?

• The Southern Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• New England Colonies

• Western Colonies

In which region did enslaved people have more rights?

• New England Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• The Middle Colonies

• The Western Colonies

How did the original and final draft of the Declaration of Independence differ from each other?

• included a passage opposing slavery

• passage opposing slavery was taken out of the final draft

This group was responsible for forming the first anti-slavery societies in the United States.

• Southern Slaves

• Quakers

• Northern Free Blacks

• Federalists

3/5th Compromise stated what?

• For every 5 slaves would count as 3 people

• For every 3 slaves, would count as 5 people

• three slaves could be brought in from outside of U.S.

• Slavery would be illegal in 3 out of 5 states.

Some Slave Traders used Christianity to justify slavery by

• African Americans could not read, so they should be slaves

• Quoted passages in Bible that supported slavery

• Stated the Irish were superior to all other people

• Africans were atheists, so they deserved to be enslaved

War fought between the British and the American Colonists

• French and Indian War

• American Revolution

• Civil War

• Battle of New Orleans

Died in the Boston Massacre

• Crispus Attucks

• James Otis

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Jay

Slave revolts were more common in

• The South

• Middle Colonies

• New England Colonies

• Western Colonies