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Jamestown Week 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. What happened before 1640? | A man, regardless of his skin color, could buy land in a colony in America. |
| 2. What happened in 1641? | In 1641 Massachusetts Colony made slavery legal. |
| 3. In 1660 what did Connecticut do? | Connecticut did not allow people of African descent to serve in the militia. |
| 4. What did Virginia do in 1670? | If the mother was enslaved, the child would be, too. Virginia made lifetime enslavement the "normal" condition for people of African descent. |
| 5. What did Virginia declare in 1680? | Virginia declared the status of a child was determined by the status of the mother. |
| 6. In 1696 what did South Carolina require? | . South Carolina required slave owners to provide clothing for their enslaved people. Owners were also allowed to treat and punish enslaved people any way they wished. |
| 7. What did New York make illegal in 1702? | New York made it legal to execute enslaved runaways who were caught. New York made it illegal to do business with an enslaved person without permission from their oner. |
| 8. In 1705 what did New York make legal? | New York made it illegal to do business with an enslaved person without permission from their owner. |
| 9. What happened to Enslaved people in 1723? | Enslaved people in Virginia were not allowed to meet together in large groups. |
| 10. What did South Carolina make illegal in 1740? | South Carolina made it illegal to teach enslaved people to read and write. |