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WorksheetsJamaica 1760-1870
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
Which of these was NOT a West African kingdom?
Guyana
The Ashanti Empire
Kingdom of Benin
Mali
Who seized the island of Jamaica from the Spanish?
(a)
In what year did the British Parliament abolish the slave trade?
1807
1562
1655
1780
Match the following facts about Jamaica in the 1700's
Main produce
Sugar
Where it is in
Caribbean
Who worked there
Enslaved Africans
Large farms found there
plantations
Who led the revolt on Jamaica in 1760?
Tacky
Morant
Mansa Musa
Hawkins
How was Tacky probably killed?
By a sharpshooter
Executed
Cut down by a sword
Drowned crossing a river
Approximately how many rebels were executed following Tacky's Revolt?
(a)
What form of power was used to drive the mills that processed the sugar cane?
Wind
Water
Steam
Coal
Which of these describe what life was like for enslaved people on Jamaica?
Poor housing
Hard work
No education
No time off
What was the name given to the population of freed slaves who helped the British stop Tacky's Revolt?
(a)
