2.1 African Explorers in the Americas: Practice Questions

• a.It prompted the British Crown to issue the Proclamation of 1763, limiting westward expansion for slaveholders.
• b.It forced the colonial government to recognize the right of enslaved people to bear arms for self-defense.
• c.It led to the passage of the Negro Act of 1740, which severely restricted the movement, assembly, and education of enslaved people in South Carolina.
• d.It resulted in the immediate abolition of the international slave trade in the Georgia colony.

• a.By establishing independent, self-governing societies in remote areas to maintain African cultural traditions and provide refuge for escapees.
• b.By petitioning the British Parliament for legal recognition as British subjects.
• c.By infiltrating the colonial military to stage a coup against the planter elite.
• d.By dominating the local economy through the legal sale of cash crops like tobacco and cotton.

• a.The Spanish Edict of 1693, which promised freedom to enslaved people escaping from British colonies if they converted to Catholicism.
• b.A secret treaty between the Kingdom of Kongo and the Spanish Crown to repatriate escaped Africans.
• c.The belief that the Spanish government provided land grants to any English-speaking settlers regardless of race.
• d.The presence of a large abolitionist network of Spanish merchants in St. Augustine.

• a.The migration of European indentured servants to the Southern colonies.
• b.The diplomatic route used by African kings to negotiate with European merchants.
• c.The shipping route for transporting raw materials from the Caribbean to Europe.
• d.The forced transportation of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas.

• a.The Philipsburg Proclamation promised land grants in the Caribbean, whereas Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation promised land in Canada.
• b.The Philipsburg Proclamation expanded the offer of freedom to any enslaved person who deserted a rebel master, regardless of whether they performed military service.
• c.Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation was intended to end slavery throughout the colonies, while the Philipsburg Proclamation sought to protect the property of Loyalists.
• d.Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation only applied to enslaved women and children, while the Philipsburg Proclamation applied only to able-bodied men.

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