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England received Canada as a spoil of the ________ in 1763. |
| | A) | Napoleonic War |
| | B) | Pequot War |
| | C) | French and Indian War |
| | D) | War of the Roses |
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The ruling monarch of England during the late 1760s was |
| | A) | King Henry VIII. |
| | B) | King Richard III. |
| | C) | King James II. |
| | D) | King George III. |
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________, writing in Boston newspapers, called for opposition to British taxation, saying, "We won't be their Negroes." |
| | A) | John Adams |
| | B) | George Washington |
| | C) | Samuel Adams |
| | D) | Thomas Jefferson |
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Which of the following would NOT be an example of the "republican ideal" as it would have existed in the minds of colonial Americans of the eighteenth century? |
| | A) | economic independence |
| | B) | protection from a stronger power |
| | C) | civic virtue |
| | D) | freedom from tyranny |
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The Founding Fathers' devotion to freedom for all whites, which elevated them above all black slaves, was labeled by historian Edmund Morgan the "________." |
| | A) | American mistake |
| | B) | American double standard |
| | C) | American paradox |
| | D) | American shame |
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The ________ delegations to the Continental Congress found Jefferson's first draft of the Declaration of Independence unacceptable in its condemnation of slavery, and many references were stricken from the final version. |
| | A) | Northwest |
| | B) | Middle Colonies |
| | C) | New England |
| | D) | Lower South |
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The British saw the colonists' economic protests as inconsistent, in their simultaneous outrage at having been made "slaves" by English taxes on one hand but a continuing commitment to ________ on the other. |
| | A) | the Crown |
| | B) | chattel slaves |
| | C) | commerce |
| | D) | France |
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Prolific antislavery writers, both John Woolman and Anthony Benezet were members of which following organization? |
| | A) | Quakers |
| | B) | American Abolitionist League |
| | C) | African Masonic Lodge |
| | D) | Presbyterian Church |
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The patriotic 1776 pamphlet Common Sense was written by |
| | A) | John Adams. |
| | B) | Benjamin Franklin. |
| | C) | Thomas Paine. |
| | D) | Alexander Hamilton. |
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________ slaves were at the forefront of the black freedom petition movement during the Revolutionary era, presenting five petitions to the legislature and local newspapers. |
| | A) | Philadelphia's |
| | B) | New York's |
| | C) | Boston's |
| | D) | Savannah's |
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Slain in the Boston Massacre, the runaway slave who became the first martyr for American freedom was named |
| | A) | Tom Jenkins. |
| | B) | Obadiah Equiano. |
| | C) | Frederick Douglass. |
| | D) | Crispus Attucks. |
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Who of the following was the acclaimed Boston slave who in the 1770s published several books of poetry? |
| | A) | Phillis Wheatley |
| | B) | Britton Hammon |
| | C) | Henry Clinton |
| | D) | Lemual Haynes |
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An African American, ________ fought in the Royal Navy during King George's War and the French and Indian War, and later published his exploits in what is regarded as the first African American narrative. |
| | A) | Henry Clinton |
| | B) | Lemual Haynes |
| | C) | Briton Hammon |
| | D) | Sierra Leone |
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African Americans Peter Salem and Salem Poor from Boston are remembered for their extraordinary feats of heroism during |
| | A) | the French and Indian War. |
| | B) | the Battle of Bunker Hill. |
| | C) | the War of 1812. |
| | D) | the Battle of Concord. |
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In Virginia, Lord Dunmore appealed to the local slave community to join in the British suppression of white colonialists, creating a Loyalist black military unit called the |
| | A) | Black Guard. |
| | B) | Ethiopian Regiment. |
| | C) | 13th Highland Grenadiers |
| | D) | Black Hand. |
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In 1776, ________ approved a policy permitting free blacks who had already served faithfully in the Continental Army to reenlist. |
| | A) | the Continental Congress |
| | B) | George Washington |
| | C) | King Richard III |
| | D) | General Sir Henry Clinton |
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According to the policy proclaimed by ________, slaves in the service of the Patriots were to be sold if captured, whereas slaves who deserted a rebel master and sought refuge with the British were to be protected. |
| | A) | General Sir Henry Clinton |
| | B) | King Richard III |
| | C) | George Washington |
| | D) | the Continental Congress |
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By 1779 only two colonies, Georgia and ________, continued to oppose the enlistment of black soldiers. |
| | A) | Delaware |
| | B) | Virginia |
| | C) | Florida |
| | D) | South Carolina |
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The number of African Americans that actively participated in the Revolutionary War is estimated at |
| | A) | 1,900. |
| | B) | 500. |
| | C) | 5,000. |
| | D) | 23,000. |
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The vast majority of black soldiers in the American Revolution served in ________ units. |
| | A) | segregated |
| | B) | integrated |
| | C) | all-black |
| | D) | non-fighting |
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Which of the following African Americans distinguished himself as a member of the expedition sent to Ticonderoga to resist the invasion by General Burgoyne's northern army? |
| | A) | James Armistead Lafayette |
| | B) | Lemuel Haynes |
| | C) | Henry Clinton |
| | D) | Sierra Leone |
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Which of the following was the Revolutionary War counterspy on General Washington's staff who became a property owner and military pensioner in later years? |
| | A) | Sierra Leone |
| | B) | Lemuel Haynes |
| | C) | James Armistead Lafayette |
| | D) | Henry Clinton |
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After the Revolutionary War, Loyalist slaves were overwhelmingly relocated to |
| | A) | the Caribbean. |
| | B) | England. |
| | C) | Canada. |
| | D) | Florida. |
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Free Loyalist blacks tended to go towards England or ________ after the American Revolutionary War. |
| | A) | the Caribbean |
| | B) | Florida |
| | C) | Nova Scotia |
| | D) | Mexico |
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Many free blacks were transported from different locations by the British to the western coast of Africa to form the abolitionist colony of |
| | A) | Timbuktu. |
| | B) | the Congo. |
| | C) | Ivory Coast. |
| | D) | Sierra Leone. |
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North America's first antislavery organization was the |
| | A) | Bostonian Abolition Society. |
| | B) | Pennsylvania Abolition Society. |
| | C) | New York Abolition League. |
| | D) | "Black Shirts." |
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The two states after the Revolutionary War that first turned away from slavery were Massachusetts and |
| | A) | Vermont. |
| | B) | Rhode Island. |
| | C) | Connecticut |
| | D) | Virginia. |
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The American Congress stipulated in 1787's ________ that slavery should not exist in the new territories to be settled by the young government. |
| | A) | Northwest Ordinance |
| | B) | Marshall Plan |
| | C) | Great Compromise |
| | D) | Three-Fifths Compromise |
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The weak document unifying the former colonies after the Revolutionary War was called the |
| | A) | First Constitution. |
| | B) | Bill of Rights. |
| | C) | Declaration of Independence. |
| | D) | Articles of Confederation. |
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In negotiating the platform of the 1787 Constitution, the delegates from the South were able to win which of the following concessions from abolitionist members? |
| | A) | continuation of the slave trade until at least 1808 |
| | B) | mandatory return of all fugitive slaves to their rightful owners |
| | C) | counting of each slave for taxation purposes as three-fifths of a human |
| | D) | All these answers are correct. |
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