Short answer: non-text source
Black population in six British colonies, 1700 and 1750
- Unit 2
- 3 points
- About 13 minutes
You analyze a chart, table, map or image and answer three short parts about what it shows and the history behind it. Here the source is a data table. On the exam: Short-answer question 3 of 3, required; the three short-answer questions share a 40-minute section worth 20% of the score.
The question and its sources
On the exam this question's source is a chart, map or image; here it's a data table. Use the table to answer parts a, b and c. Write a few sentences for each part; you don't need a thesis.
Estimated total and Black populations of selected British colonies, 1700 and 1750
| Colony (region) | Total population, 1700 | Black population, 1700 | Black share, 1700 | Total population, 1750 | Black population, 1750 | Black share, 1750 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts (New England) | 55,941 | 800 | 1.4% | 188,000 | 4,075 | 2.2% |
| New York (Middle) | 19,107 | 2,256 | 11.8% | 76,696 | 11,014 | 14.4% |
| Pennsylvania (Middle) | 17,950 | 430 | 2.4% | 119,666 | 2,872 | 2.4% |
| Maryland (Chesapeake) | 29,604 | 3,227 | 10.9% | 141,073 | 43,450 | 30.8% |
| Virginia (Chesapeake) | 58,560 | 16,390 | 28.0% | 231,033 | 101,452 | 43.9% |
| South Carolina (Lower South) | 5,704 | 2,444 | 42.8% | 64,000 | 39,000 | 60.9% |
| All colonies in the source | 250,888 | 27,817 | 11.1% | 1,170,760 | 236,420 | 20.2% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970 (1975), series Z 1–19. Figures are historians' estimates; “Black population” includes free and enslaved people, most of whom were enslaved. Shares calculated from the source's figures.
Suggested time: 13 minutes
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Part (a)
1 pointBriefly describe ONE pattern or change in the Black population of the British colonies shown in the table.
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Part (b)
1 pointBriefly explain ONE economic development in the period 1680 to 1750 that accounts for the pattern you described in part a.
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Part (c)
1 pointBriefly explain ONE way that enslaved Africans resisted slavery OR shaped colonial society in the period 1700 to 1754.
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