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What was a result of the 1712 New York Slave Revolt?
As a result of the 1712 New York Slave Revolt, New York's legislature toughened its slave laws. No more than three slaves could gather in a group. Slaves could not handle firearms. Slaves could not gamble. Crimes such as property damage, rape, and conspiracy to kill were punishable by death. Free blacks could not own land. When a master freed a slave, the master was required to pay two hundred pounds security to the government and a twenty-pound annuity to the freed slave.A law was passed to discourage the freeing of slaves.A law was passed to discourage the freeing of slaves
Describe two ways the federal bureaucracy helps to shape laws passed by Congress?
Executive branch bureaucrats provide Congress with the technical expertise and advice it needs to pass good laws. They also shape the law in the way that they carry out that law and the agency rules that result from it.
Which colony passed the act of toleration in 1649?
it was a law mandating religious tolerance for Christians. it was passed in the colony of Maryland in 1649
Did Caesar Chavez change the law?
Under United States Labor Law, the National Labor Relations Board has no jurisdiction over agricultural workers. This goes a long way to explain why so many agricultural workers have such poor lives in the United States. Largely as a result of Caesar Chavez' work, in 1975 California passed the Agrcultural Labor Relations Act. As a result, in the State of California, agricultural workers have rights that they do not have in other states.
Why was slavery abolished in England?
The judgment in the 1772 Somersett's case freed a slave in England. This began the abolitionist movement in the country. In 1808, it passed an act to outlaw the slave trade, but not slavery. On August 1, 1833, Parliament passed a law that abolished slavery. The law came three days after William Wilberforce, one of Britain's staunchest abolitionists, passed away.
