Why Did Chesapeake Slave Owners Increasingly Rally to the Patriot

question 54

Multiple Choice

Why did Chesapeake slave owners increasingly rally to the Patriot cause?

• A) Southern slave owners needed northerners' support to ensure the preservation of the institution of slavery throughout the colonies.
• B) The southern gentry blamed British economic regulations for the drop in their standard of living to a level below that of northern farmers.
• C) They feared the British would seize control of courts and assemblies in the South if they succeeded in doing so in Massachusetts.
• D) They conducted most of their economic transactions through Boston or New York,which were already embroiled in the crisis.

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