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Chapter 4 - Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 26mins

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1.

This image is a model of economic exchange among three markets. Historically, the trade among Europe, West Africa and the New World ran on the backs of millions of enslaved people. As ships travelled to their destinations, their paths formed three paths of a triangle.

a)

The Triangular Matrix

b)

The Triple Entente

c)

The Triangular Trade

d)

The Big Three

2.

The Middle Passage was the stage of the triangular trade in which millions of Africans were forcibly transported to the New World as part of the Atlantic slave trade. Which number on the map represents the Middle Passage?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

All of them

3.

By the middle of the 18th century, three distinct slave systems were well entrenched in Britain’s mainland colonies. Of the three, which region was dominated by a tobacco-based plantation slavery that is often referred to the first colonial slave system?

a)

The Chesapeake Colonies

b)

New England Societies

c)

The Middle Colonies

d)

Florida

4.

By the middle of the 18th century, three distinct slave systems were well entrenched in Britain’s mainland colonies. Of the three, which region was dominated by a rice-based plantation that is often referred to the Rice Kingdom?

a)

The Chesapeake Colonies

b)

New England Societies

c)

The Middle Colonies

d)

South Carolina

5.

Slave codes...

a)

we laws that protected the treatment of slaves

b)

was a language the slaves used to communicate with each other in secret

c)

were plantations where slaves worked for a few hours while enjoying the remainder of the time for leisure purposes

d)

were rules governing the behavior and punishment of enslaved people

6.

Under the South Carolina task system...

a)

Plantation owners kidnapped Africans and transported them across the Atlantic to Africa

b)

Individual slaves did daily jobs, the completion of which allowed time for leisure or cultivation of their own crops.

c)

A a system in which person who took out a loan agrees to work without salary for a specific number of years (usually 5-7 years).

d)

Families rent small plots of land from a landowner in return for a portion of their crop, to be given to the landowner at the end of each year.

7.

By the middle of the 18th century, three distinct slave systems were well entrenched in Britain’s mainland colonies. Of the three, which region's economy was based on small farms, thus, making slavery less central to their economy?

a)

The Chesapeake Colonies

b)

The North (New England and the Middle Colonies)

c)

The Southern Colonies

d)

Georgia

8.

In the Chesapeake, slaves learned English, participated in the Great Awakening, and were exposed to white culture. When it came to adopting the Christian religion,

a)

All slaves willingly adopted the Christian religion

b)

Slaves were never forced to change religions

c)

Those that adopted Christian religious practices melded it with their traditional beliefs

d)

It became an easy transition for all slaves.

9.

A large slave uprising on September 9, 1739, around the Stono River near southwest Charleston, South Carolina. Slaves gathered, raided a firearms shop, and headed south, killing more than 20 white people as they went. Their goal was to reach Spanish Florida where they were promised freedom and land.

a)

Bacon's Rebellion

b)

Shay's Rebellion

c)

Stono Rebellion

d)

King Philip's War

10.

One result of the Stono Rebellion was...

a)

Stricter slave codes

b)

A lax in slave laws

c)

The emancipation of slaves

d)

rewarding slaves with the franchise

11.

Liberalism valued an individual and private quality. It was strongly influenced by this philosopher, who wrote the Two Treatises of Government in 1680.

a)

John Locke

b)

Karl Marx

c)

James Oglethorpe

d)

King George III

12.

John Locke declared that under natural law, all people have the right to life, liberty, and estate; the people could instigate a revolution against the government when it acted against the interests of citizens, to replace the government with one that served the interests of citizens. Under this agreement, men surrendered a part of their right to govern themselves in order to enjoy the benefits of the rule of law. What is the agreement known as?

a)

Communism

b)

Social Contract

c)

Republicanism

d)

Socialism

13.

According to the Two Treatises of Government, Lockean ideas include all of the following except...

a)

individual rights

b)

the consent of the governed

c)

the right of rebellion against unjust or oppressive government

d)

restricted rights

14.

During the first half of the eighteenth century the British governments adopted a policy of “salutary neglect” in which...

a)

the British imposed severe taxes on the colon

b)

The British kept a close eye on every move the colonists made

c)

the colonies were largely left to govern themselves and run their own affairs

d)

the North American colonies could only export its commodities, such as tobacco and sugar, to England

15.

After 1695, the government could not censor print material, and colonial newspapers defended freedom of the press as a central component of liberty. Freedom of speech was relatively a new idea. Authors and publishers could still be prosecuted for “seditious libel”- a crime that included defaming government officials. When newspaper publisher John Peter Zenger went on trial in 1735 for seditious libel due to the criticism of New York’s governor, he was found not guilty. This case was important because...

a)

seditious libel carries a death penalty

b)

the outcome promoted the idea that publishing the truth should always be permitted

c)

the idea of free speech would never be permitted

d)

newspapers should be forbidden from publishing criticism of public officials, even if it's true information

16.

During the eighteenth century, many educated Americans began to be influenced by the outlook of the European Enlightenment which...

a)

emphasized more reason and less religion in the political sphere

b)

was a religious revival that impacted the English colonies in America during the 1730s and 1740s

c)

was a series of local events united by a commitment to a more emotional and personal Christianity than that offered by existing churches

d)

witnessed a resurgence of religious fundamentalism in many parts of the world

17.

The Great Awakening...

a)

was waged by the American colonies against Britain influenced political ideas and revolutions around the globe

b)

drew a lot of people away from religion

c)

focused more on reason rather than religion

d)

was a religious revival that impacted the English colonies in America during the 1730s and 1740s.

18.

Which area on the map became the area caught up in a complex struggle for power involving the French, British, rival Indian communities, and settlers and land companies pursuing their own interests. This struggle eventually led to the French and Indian War.

a)

The New England Colonies

b)

The Middle Colonies

c)

The Southern Colonies

d)

The Ohio River Valley

19.

The French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years’ War, was a New World conflict that marked another chapter in the long imperial struggle between...

a)

Britain and France

b)

the France and the Indians

c)

Spain and Britain

d)

the American colonists and Britain

20.

An Ottawa leader led a loose confederation of Native Americans from numerous tribes to fight for their land against the presence of British troops at the conclusion of the French and Indian War. This conflict was a result of the sudden British rule after France handed over all that land to Britain.

a)

Pontiac's Rebellion

b)

Bacon's Rebellion

c)

Stono Rebellion

d)

King Philip's War

21.

King George III issued the Proclamation of 1763, which banned white settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains, reserving that land for Indians. One reason for this act was...

a)

To prevent Native Americans from settling in the South

b)

To protect Indians from the horrors of slavery

c)

to avoid further Indian conflicts like Pontiac's rebellion

d)

To keep them from settling in Texas

22.

Which statement is not true about the Peace of Paris in 1763?

a)

France ceded Canada to Britain which resulted in the expulsion of France from North America

b)

It helped end France’s 200-year-old North American empire

c)

The entire continent east of the Mississippi River was now in British hands

d)

It officially ended the American Revolution

23.

These frontiersman of Pennsylvania formed a vigilante group to retaliate in 1763 against local American Indians in the aftermath of the French and Indian War and Pontiac's War. This group of men were known as...

a)

the Paxton Boys

b)

the Bullet Boys

c)

the Scottsboro Boys

d)

the Green Mountain Boys

24.

The Albany Plan of Union of 1754, drafted at the outbreak of the Seven Years’ War, envisioned the creation of a Grand Council composed of delegates from each colony, with the power to levy taxes and deal with Indian relations and the common defense. It was rejected by the colonial assemblies. The plan was never sent to London for approval. The senior leader and delegate from Pennsylvania that suggested this plan was...

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

George Mason

c)

George Washington

d)

James Madison

25.

Which statement is true about the British policy of Salutary Neglect after the French and Indian War?

a)

Due to the financial nature of the French and Indian War, Britain could not afford to oversee the colonies and, thus, left them alone.

b)

The British policy of Salutary Neglect comes to an end in 1763 as Britain tries to recover revenue from its North American colonies.

c)

The colonists willingly decide to pay for the cost of the French and Indian War

d)

the colonists and the British crown agreed in a settlement to pay for the war

26.

Great Britain needed new revenue, or income, to pay for the troops. The British also had large debts from the French and Indian War. As a result,

a)

Britain continued its policy of salutary neglect to focus on internal issues

b)

The king and Parliament felt the colonists should pay part of these costs, so the British government issued new taxes on the colonies

c)

Britain looked to France for financial support

d)

Philadelphia became the financial capital of the world