Question

1) When was Elizabeth Freeman born?

Answer 1

Answer:

1. D) 1744

2. A) The new Massachusetts state constitution changed the lives of enslaved people living there.

3. B) Because there are no records at all of Elizabeth’s life, not even second hand ones, so we know nothing about what she was doing or thinking during her life.

4. B) Elizabeth Freeman was born into slavery and fought for her freedom in court when a new Massachusetts state constituion was passed, and lived the rest of her life as a free Black woman who was paid for her labor.

Explanation:

Answer 2

1. D) 1744

2. A) The new Massachusetts state constitution changed the lives of enslaved people living there.

3. C) Because Elizabeth’s life story was recorded by historians or people who knew her secondhand, so the author has to guess what she might have been thinking.

4. B) Elizabeth Freeman was born into slavery and fought for her freedom in court when a new Massachusetts state constituion was passed, and lived the rest of her life as a free Black woman who was paid for her labor.