History

Grade 12

1. The Berbile Rebellion was originally planned in?

(a) 1763 (b) 1756

(c) 1816 (d) 1706

2. The person that took leadership of the rebellion was?

(a) Tacky (b) Cudjoe

(c) Cuffy (d) Atta

3. Which person was betrayed by an Indian in the Berbile Rebellion?

(a) Alta (b) Cuffy

(c) Akara (d) Tacky

4. What was the MAIN reason as revealed in Cuffy’s letters to the governor, for starting the Berbile rebellion?

(a) the ill-treatment of the slaves

(b) A drive for black leadership

(c) Lack of provision provided for the slaves

(d) A desire for freedom

5. Which settlement did the Berbile rebellion first take place?

(a) Conje (b) Fort Nassau

(c) Berbile River (d) Dage road

6. What was the military strategy adopted by the slaves?

(a) They adopted European military ranks and sought to equip their followers

(b) They were supplied by the European

(c) They bought them

(d) The traded and got them

7. Why did the rebellion fail (The Main Reason)

(a) Cuffy’s deputy betrayed him

(b) Inadequate military supplies

(c) Not enough slaves cosigned to the rebellion

(d) The dutch out numbered the slaves

8. The reason why the first Rebellion failed?

(a) Not enough supporters

(b) Slaves were afraid to cosign

(c) An Epilemic outbreak

(d) Not enough resources

9. One of the main outcome of the rebellion was?

(a) Death of the slaves

(b) The suicide of Cuffy

(c) The whites killed all the rebels

(d) All of the above

10. The Rebellion actually took place in the year?

(a) 1763 (b) 1817

(c) 1756 (d) 1917

11. In what year did the Barbados Revolt occur and was the primary contributor to the revolt.

(a) 1816 (Bussa) (b) 1831 (Cuffe)

(c) 1763 (Bussa) (d) 1817 (Sam Sharpe)

12. What were the elements leading up to Barbados stance in revolt?

(a) hate of planters

(b) need to celebrate easter

(c) angered by beliefs that emancipation was being withheld

(d)

13. Which selection best describes the set of Blacks and Slaves that had contributed to the Barbados Revolt.

(a) Cain Dines, J. Sartefree

(b) Bussa Roach

(c) Washington Franklyn, Ranger

(d) Caines Baines, Mingo

14. Another name used in place of the Barbados Revolt

(a) The Cain Davis Revolt

(b) The Black Revolt

(c) Freedom of the coloureds

(d) Bussa Revolt

15. Which two reflects the Suppression of the Barbados revolts.

(a) Leaders of the revolt were hung, Bussa boycotted the revolt

(b) ¼ Sugar Cane crop burnt, one thousand rebel killed

(c) Planters lost jobs, slaves migrated.

(d) These was a Grand ball by the slaves, troops were killed.

16. The final planning of the revolt took place.

(a) At the River Plantation

(b) Baley Plantation

(c) Simmonds Plantation

(d) Ayshford Plantation

17. Which of the following was used as a cunning tatic to plan the final revolt.

(a) A formal slave dinner

(b) A dance

(c) A holy prayer ceremony

(d) A slave meeting

18. Which of the following was an African principal slave organizer of the Barbados Rebellion and what was their occupation.

(a) Nanny Grigg (Domestic)

(b) Charles (Driver)

(c) King Whilshire (Carpenter)

(d) Bussa (Ranger)

19. Which of the following was charged in 1824 for inciting slave indulge in acts of Rebellion on the Island of Barbados

(a) Joseph Griffith

(b) John G. Archer

(c) Robert Haynes

(d) Robert James

20. Which of the following presents a correct chronological array of how the following revolt occurred.

(a) Jamaica (1831) Berbile (1763) Barbados (1816)

(b) Barbados (1816) Berbile (1763) Jamaica (1831)

(c) Berbile (1763) Barbados (1816) Jamaica (1831)

(d) Jamaica (1831) Barbados (1816) Berbile (1763)

21. The Christmas Rebellion was in

(a) 1814 (b) 1815

(c) 1816 (d) 1831

22. The Rebellion was led by

(a) Cuffy (b) Paul Bogle

(c) Dessalines (d) Sam Sharpe

23. What Sparked the reaction in Jamaica

(a) The Constant raping of the African Fenelis

(b) The Availability of land

(c) The thought that emancipation was being withheld

(d) Bad tasting food

24. Which of the following is not a reason why the slave waited till a holiday (Christmas) to revolt?

(i) Whites were usually sick in this period of time

(ii) Whites were pre-occupied with the Festivals

(iii) Whites gave blacks a little more time to themselves

(iv) Blacks were not as supervised on holidays

(a) i and iv (b) iv only

(c) i, ii and iii (d) I only

25. Which personality said I would rather die upon yonder gallows than live in slavery?

(a) Marcus Garvey

(b) Samuel Sharp

(c) Nanny of the Maroons

(d) Toussaint L’Overture

26. Which of the following is not a reason why the rebellion failed?

(a) There were too many men in the army

(b) They were inexperienced and untrained

(c) Poorly armed

(d) They were misled

27. How much was Sharpe’s owners given in compensation for their loss of property

(a) £ 2000

(b) 20 Jamaican dollars

(c) 100 us

(d) £ 16

28. How long did the rebellion last?

(a) 3 days

(b) 7 days

(c) 2 months

(d) 10 days

29. In what parish did the rebellion start?

(a) Kingston

(b) Portmore

(c) St. James

(d) Bull Bay

30. Where and When was Samuel Sharp executed?

(a) At the Big clock in Half Way tree on 10 May 1832

(b) In Market Square, Montego Bay, 23 May 1832

(c) Blue Market Trelawny, April 30, 1833

(d) Hanover Square, 23 May 1832

31. Virginia was considered a ______Colony

(a) British North American

(b) Spanish North American

(c) Dutch North American

(d) French North America

32. Which of the following is TRUE about the after math of the Virginia Rebellion?

(a) There was a Solar eclipse

(b) 55 people was executed

(c) Political stability returned to Virginia

(d) The slaves were free

33. Who was the major personality in the Virginia Anti Slavery rebellion?

(a) Samuel Turner (b) The Travis Family

(c) Thomas More (d) Nat Turner

34. What year was the rebellion staged?

(a) 1831 (b) 1822

(c) 1832 (d) 1763

35. The following was causes of the Virginia Anti Slavery Rebellion except

(a) Nat Turner sought the liberation of the Negro people

(b) Napolean influenced Turner

(c) The Negros were armed

(d) Economic depression

36. Nat Turner went to his death on

(a) October 30, 1831 (b) August 29, 1832

(c) November 11, 1831 (d) July 4, 1831

37. The Virginia Anti Slavery Rebellion in 1831 took place in which country?

(a) Grochland

(b) Berbice Country

(c) North Caroline Country

(d) Southampton Country

38. Which of the following was NOT a outcome of the Virginia Anti Slavery Rebellions?

(a) Black had their head cut off

(b) Many were placed in prison

(c) 55 black people were executed

(d) David Walker appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the world

39. How long did the Revolt raged in Virginia

(a) 40 hours (b) 48 hours

(c) 2 hours (d) 3 days

40. Why did the Virginia Anti Slavery rebellion failed

(a) Lack of ammunition possessed by the Negroes

(b) They were out numbered by the whites

(c) Nat Turner was drunk

(d) The Travis family was killed