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ghost!

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How did Enlightenment thought affect African Americans in the 1760s and 1770s?
 
  A) African Americans were unaffected by Enlightenment thought since they were not allowed to read and write.
  B) African Americans began several coordinated, widespread violent rebellions in both the North and the South.
  C) African Americans filed lawsuits in the North, escaped from the South, and protested in large numbers.
  D) Generally, large numbers of free blacks left for Africa in the late 1700s.

Question 2

What was the greatest source of optimism for African Americans?
 
  A) White Patriot leaders would realize their revolutionary principles violated slavery.
  B) White slave owners would see the error of their ways and release all of their slaves.
  C) Whites would immediately accept blacks as equals.
  D) The King of England would join the American colonists.


jordangronback

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Reply #1 on: Aug 9, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: C

Answer to Question 2

Answer: A


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