How did the Continental Armys policy on the enlistment of black soldiers change on January 16 1776 quizlet?

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What immediate effect did the French and Indian War have on relations between the American colonies and the British Crown?

The relationship went down. The British crown imposed high taxes - war was expensive...

According to the historian Edmund Morgan, what is the "American paradox?

"Freedom For all whites, yet slavery for blacks"

The final version of the Declaration of Independence

Didn't mention the slaves... left the bros out in the cold man.

Who famously asked, "How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty from the drivers of Negroes"?

My boy Samuel Johnson, we call him slim J !

John Woolman and Anthony Benezet, two of the leading antislavery voices of the American Revolution, were both

Them Quakers man !!!!

With what historical event is the escaped slave Crispus Attucks primarily associated with

They smoked that ***** to a crisp in the Boston Massacre.

Which colony barred blacks from militia service in 1656?

Massachusetts... ****ing ivy leagues don't let anybody in

Which veteran of King George's War and the French and Indian War wrote what is considered to be the first African-American narrative?

Briton Hammon.

How did the Continental Army's policy on the enlistment of black soldiers change on January 16, 1776?

Free blacks could join

While still in his early teens, the future abolitionist James Forten served

James Forton... that fu*k boy was the Power Boy

Which crop did former American slaves introduce to Bermuda in 1785?

Cotton

The New York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves was founded in 1775 by which two prominent men?

"John Jay" and Alexander Hamilton

Which city had the largest free black population throughout the antebellum period?

"Baltimore"

What effect did the religious revivals known as the First Great Awakening have on black worshippers?

Brought Blacks into the evangelical fold.

In which state were women and blacks allowed to vote until 1807 as long as they owned sufficient property?

New Jersey

How did the two parties in the first party system view the issues of slavery and black rights?

Federalist opposed slavery, sympathetic to black's

What Haitian hero helped to lead his people to freedom during his country's revolution?

Toussaint Louverture

The Haitian Revolution is largely responsible for what important event in American history?

second American nation after the US to win independence
- Quasi War - Trading port

Which Congregationalist minister was the most outspoken of all black Federalists, so much so that his church voted him out of office because of his political leanings?

Lemuel Haynes.

In 1794, Absalom Jones and Richard Allen published A Narrative of the Proceedings of the Black People during the Late Awful Calamity in Philadelphia in order to

Defense of the black community - Yellow Fever

Who wrote the most widely reprinted book in English by an author of African descent in the post-Revolutionary period?

Olaudah Equiano

What honor did Benjamin Banneker receive in recognition of his considerable skills in mathematics and mechanics?

appointment as a surveyor

In 1814, James Forten, Richard Allen, and Absalom Jones organized more than 2500 black citizens who hastily assembled fortifications to protect which city from British attack?

Philadelphia

One of the most significant contributions of black soldiers to the American effort during the War of 1812 was their performance on the Plains of Chalmette during which battle?

Battle of New Orleans

What development in 1794 played the most significant role in the rapid expansion of slave labor in the United States?

Cotton Gin

When the United States barred the importation of slaves from foreign countries, what effect did it have on states like Virginia and Maryland?

rise in the value of slave property and a destruction of the antislavery sentiment

What effect did the Panic of 1837 have on the prices of slaves in the United States?

They had a severe depression - went down

Which state stood at the forefront of the movement to reopen the Atlantic slave trade?

South Carolina.

In response to reports of a potential slave uprising in 1822, South Carolina passed a law which

Required black seamen to be imprisoned during the time that their ship was anchored in port.

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