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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Definitions:

Concession Bargaining

A negotiation process where the union agrees to reduce benefits or alter conditions in exchange for something from the employer, often during economic difficulties.

Sequential Bargaining

a negotiation strategy where discussions and agreements on multiple issues occur in a specific sequence, rather than simultaneously.

Pattern Bargaining

A labor negotiation strategy where a union establishes contract terms with one employer and then seeks to apply those terms to negotiations with other employers in the same industry.

Decentralization

The process of distributing or dispersing functions, powers, people, or things away from a central location or authority.