By the middle of the eighteenth century, the manumission of slaves in the Mid-Atlantic colonies had been
a. prohibited entirely by colonial assemblies.
b. enacted completely by legislative decree.
c. dramatically increased by monetary rewards offered to masters who freed their slaves.
d. dramatically decreased by legal requirements that masters post heavy bonds before freeing their slaves.
d. dramatically decreased by legal requirements that masters post heavy bonds before freeing their slaves.
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In French, English, and Spanish colonies, interracial unions between Europeans and slaves or Native Americans were
A) universally frowned upon. B) ?typical in most regions. C) ?an accepted fact of life. D) ?responded to differently by the various European groups. E) ?None of these choices
The first farmers from the Fertile Crescent settled in Mesopotamia, establishing the _________ culture of villages (6000-4000 BCE).
a. Phoenician b. Assyrian c. Philistine d. Ubaid
The Southeast Asian mainland kingdom formed in the ninth century was
a. Nubia. b. Angkor. c. Champa. d. Malaya. e. Sukhothai.
Which of the following, in large numbers, joined British forces in the South in the two years following the fall of Charleston?
A. Indentured servants B. African Americans C. Wealthy planters D. Recent immigrants