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WorksheetsChapter 4 - Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 26mins
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.
The Triangular Matrix
The Triple Entente
The Triangular Trade
The Big Three
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?
1
2
3
All of them
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?
The Chesapeake Colonies
New England Societies
The Middle Colonies
Florida
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?
The Chesapeake Colonies
New England Societies
The Middle Colonies
South Carolina
Slave codes...
we laws that protected the treatment of slaves
was a language the slaves used to communicate with each other in secret
were plantations where slaves worked for a few hours while enjoying the remainder of the time for leisure purposes
were rules governing the behavior and punishment of enslaved people
Under the South Carolina task system...
Plantation owners kidnapped Africans and transported them across the Atlantic to Africa
Individual slaves did daily jobs, the completion of which allowed time for leisure or cultivation of their own crops.
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).
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.
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?
The Chesapeake Colonies
The North (New England and the Middle Colonies)
The Southern Colonies
Georgia
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,
All slaves willingly adopted the Christian religion
Slaves were never forced to change religions
Those that adopted Christian religious practices melded it with their traditional beliefs
It became an easy transition for all slaves.
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.
Bacon's Rebellion
Shay's Rebellion
Stono Rebellion
King Philip's War
One result of the Stono Rebellion was...
Stricter slave codes
A lax in slave laws
The emancipation of slaves
rewarding slaves with the franchise
Liberalism valued an individual and private quality. It was strongly influenced by this philosopher, who wrote the Two Treatises of Government in 1680.
John Locke
Karl Marx
James Oglethorpe
King George III
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?
Communism
Social Contract
Republicanism
Socialism
According to the Two Treatises of Government, Lockean ideas include all of the following except...
individual rights
the consent of the governed
the right of rebellion against unjust or oppressive government
restricted rights
During the first half of the eighteenth century the British governments adopted a policy of “salutary neglect” in which...
the British imposed severe taxes on the colon
The British kept a close eye on every move the colonists made
the colonies were largely left to govern themselves and run their own affairs
the North American colonies could only export its commodities, such as tobacco and sugar, to England
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...
seditious libel carries a death penalty
the outcome promoted the idea that publishing the truth should always be permitted
the idea of free speech would never be permitted
newspapers should be forbidden from publishing criticism of public officials, even if it's true information
During the eighteenth century, many educated Americans began to be influenced by the outlook of the European Enlightenment which...
emphasized more reason and less religion in the political sphere
was a religious revival that impacted the English colonies in America during the 1730s and 1740s
was a series of local events united by a commitment to a more emotional and personal Christianity than that offered by existing churches
witnessed a resurgence of religious fundamentalism in many parts of the world
The Great Awakening...
was waged by the American colonies against Britain influenced political ideas and revolutions around the globe
drew a lot of people away from religion
focused more on reason rather than religion
was a religious revival that impacted the English colonies in America during the 1730s and 1740s.
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.
The New England Colonies
The Middle Colonies
The Southern Colonies
The Ohio River Valley
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...
Britain and France
the France and the Indians
Spain and Britain
the American colonists and Britain
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.
Pontiac's Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion
Stono Rebellion
King Philip's War
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...
To prevent Native Americans from settling in the South
To protect Indians from the horrors of slavery
to avoid further Indian conflicts like Pontiac's rebellion
To keep them from settling in Texas
Which statement is not true about the Peace of Paris in 1763?
France ceded Canada to Britain which resulted in the expulsion of France from North America
It helped end France’s 200-year-old North American empire
The entire continent east of the Mississippi River was now in British hands
It officially ended the American Revolution
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...
the Paxton Boys
the Bullet Boys
the Scottsboro Boys
the Green Mountain Boys
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...
Benjamin Franklin
George Mason
George Washington
James Madison
Which statement is true about the British policy of Salutary Neglect after the French and Indian War?
Due to the financial nature of the French and Indian War, Britain could not afford to oversee the colonies and, thus, left them alone.
The British policy of Salutary Neglect comes to an end in 1763 as Britain tries to recover revenue from its North American colonies.
The colonists willingly decide to pay for the cost of the French and Indian War
the colonists and the British crown agreed in a settlement to pay for the war
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,
Britain continued its policy of salutary neglect to focus on internal issues
The king and Parliament felt the colonists should pay part of these costs, so the British government issued new taxes on the colonies
Britain looked to France for financial support
Philadelphia became the financial capital of the world
