May End of Month Test for S.S. - June 22, 2020

What is the correct order of events?

• Emancipation, slavery, independence

• Slavery, apprenticeship, emancipation

• independence, apprenticeship, Morant Bay Rebellion

• apprenticeship, slavery, emancipation

In which of these areas would a Maroon in eastern Jamaica be hiding in the 1700s ?

• Blue Mountains

• Cockpit Country

• May Day Mountain

• Blue Head Mountains

Which of the following is not true of Nanny?

• She was never enslaved

• She founded Nanny Town

• She lad raids on sugar plantations

• We do not know for sure when she died.

What do we correctly associate with Samuel Sharpe?

• The Trelawny Maroons

• The Christmas Day Rebellion

• The Morant Bay Rebellion

• The campaign to help poor freed slaves

What was one reason for the Morant bay Rebellion?

• The slaves wanted emancipation

• The workers wanted to vote

• Farmers dd not receive justice

• The planters wanted justice

Which of the following is not true of Paul Bogle?

• He was an ex-slave and owned land.

• He could read and write

• He was a friend of Governor Eyre

• He was a friend of George Williams Gordon

Which of the following is true of George William Gordon?

• His parents were both planters

• He led the walk to the Morant Bay Courthouse

• He killed the custos

• He was a member of the Legislative Council

Which of the following was an immediate result of the Morant Bay Rebellion?

• Governor Eyre lost his job

• Crown land was sold to small settlers

• Paul Bogle was made a national hero

• All Jamaicans could vote in elections

Which is not a change that happened after the Morant Bay Rebellion?

• A new system was set up to collect taxes.

• Elementary schools were built to provide basic education ( reading, writing and arithmetic) for the children of freed Africans.

• Banana plantations were established on the plains of St. Catherine.

• The payment of taxes was abolished.

Which of the following was not a change that came about under Crown colony government?

• There was a new system of taxation.

• All adult males and females were able to vote.

• Elementary schools were provided.

• The capital was moved from Spanish town to Kingston.