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How did Britain control their settlements in the West Indies?

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  1. They established Christian Missionaries in the islands

  2. Each island had leaders and assemblies who answered to the British Government

  3. They set up private companies which were controlled by British businessmen

  4. They set up educational institutions that trained the locals in England to build an administrative workforce

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Correct Option: B

In 1655, the British took control of Jamaica from the __________.

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  1. Spanish

  2. French

  3. Portuguese

  4. Germans

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Correct Option: A

With whom did Britain fight the Seven Years' War?

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  1. America

  2. France

  3. Spain

  4. Belgium

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Correct Option: B

The island of St Domingue belonged to ________.

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  1. Spain

  2. Portuguese

  3. France

  4. England

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Correct Option: C

Who were the Maroons?

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  1. Communities of slaves who had run away from the plantation owners

  2. Communities of plantation owners

  3. Communities of private businessmen settled in the West Indies

  4. Communities of local leaders in the West Indies

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Correct Option: A

Who did the slaves of St Domingue defeat to get independence?

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  1. The French

  2. The Americans

  3. The British

  4. The Belgians

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Correct Option: C

What was Haiti formerly known as before it became independent in 1804? 

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  1. St Helena

  2. St Domingue

  3. St Petersburg

  4. St Augustine

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Correct Option: B

In 1831, a slave rebellion broke out in _________.

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  1. Trinidad

  2. St Lucia

  3. Bermuda

  4. Jamaica

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Correct Option: D

Who was the King of England during the rebellion in Jamaica in 1831?

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  1. James II

  2. Charles III

  3. George III

  4. William IV

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Correct Option: D

Under whose leadership did the slaves of St Domingue defeat the British in 1804?

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  1. Touissant L'Ouverture

  2. Solomon Northup

  3. Henry Brown

  4. Frederick Douglass

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Correct Option: A