Quiz on Thursday for History
What allowed enslaved workers to complete their assignments daily and then have time to themselves?
Task system
Which piece of evidence would best support this source's argument for the motivations of slavery?
A chart showing an increase in European sugar consumption over time
Which of the following is an accurate overall description of Bacon's Rebellion?
A clash between the eastern shore's landed gentry who controlled the colonial government and the poorer, frontier-based small farmers, along with slaves and servants
Which of the following was a major complaint of Nathaniel Bacon and his followers?
All American Indian tribes were a threat to English colonists and must be eliminated.
According to this source, what was the main motivation for the origins of slavery?
An economic need for cheap labor on large-scale plantations
What best describes the way the Stono Rebellion ultimately ended?
An impromptu militia of white planters used weapons to wound and maim the rebellious slaves.
best describes the role of Nathaniel Bacon during the late seventeenth century?
Bacon came from a family of wealth and privilege but rallied poor farmers to oppose the wealthy and elite leaders in Virginia.
Which of the following describes a long-term result of Bacon's Rebellion?
By the end of the seventeenth century, African slaves had largely replaced indentured servants as the main labor force for the wealthy planter class.
Mary Rowlandson
Captures by the natives and wrote a book about it (Look up what tribe)
King Philip's War 1675-1676
Metacom (King Philip) leader of this war (the Wampanoag and Narraganset tribe) Starts because... Trade issues, greed over land, Metacom brother killed
Which was not an impact of the Stono Rebellion on the social structure in South Carolina during the middle of the eighteenth century?
Freedom for those who instigated the rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon carried out which of the following actions?
He burned the capital city of Jamestown.
Which best explains what happened to King Philip (Metacom) during the war?
He was found and murdered by English leader Benjamin Church.
How does Bacon's Rebellion illustrate conflict between social classes?
It gets the lower class more attention on the lower class
Effects of King Philip's War
Lots of death in the English colony's King Charles II made more restrictions and higher taxes
Bacon's Rebellion 1675
Nathaniel Bacon wants to attack the natives and help the lower class because of the raiding that are taking place. -Berkeley wants to build forts and make higher taxes.
In what region of North America was King Philip's War fought?
New England
Pequot War 1636-1637
Pequots= very powerful tribe in CT river valley Allied w/ the Dutch English wanted to break their control of the fur trade 1637: English, w/ the Narragansett attacked Pequot village on Mystic R. English set fire to homes & shot fleeing survivors!
What did not motivate South Carolina slaves to remain subservient to their masters?
Relative autonomy on Sundays
Which of the following was a covert way in which enslaved people resisted their forced labor?
Sabotaging farm tools to slow down work
Stono Rebellion (1739)
South Carolina slave revolt that prompted the colonies to pass stricter laws regulating the movement of slaves and the capture of runaways. -The spanish said te slaves could go to Florida to make the English mad
Which of the following describes a significant result of Bacon's Rebellion?
The wealthy planter class gained greater control of Virginia politics and economics.
Nathaniel Bacon
a farmer in the backcountry, his resentment of Berkeley and the unbalanced power of the Virginia government, lead to a rebellion, by him and other backcountry farmers. When Berkeley refused to let Bacon and other farmers fight nearby Indians, he went into Jamestown, with his own militia, burned most of the city, and drove Berkeley out of town.
