Many of the slaves who reached North America
a. came from eastern Africa.
b. were originally captured by African coastal tribes.
c. were captured in southern Africa.
d. eventually gained their freedom.
e. settled in the middle colonies.
Question 2
The primary reason that the British government decided to compromise with the United States on the Oregon Country border was
a. the support of the Hudson's Bay Company.
b. the British government's belief that the Oregon Country was neither politically nor economically critical to British foreign policy interests.
c. John Tyler's election to the presidency.
d. America's acceptance of 54 40'.
e. the threat posed to British Columbia by an alliance of Indians and French traders and pioneers.
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