Question 5 • 2026_SUMMER 305_CR_2106010-M/J Civics A
Read the scenario.Martha is an enslaved African woman on a Virginia plantation. The plantation is owned by a man who serves in the House of Burgesses. The House of Burgesses has passed several laws meant to control enslaved African people.
Answer
A
They passed laws that were for the good of everyone.
B
They passed laws that made it easier to purchase land.
C
They passed laws that denied some groups their basic human rights.
D
They passed laws that made owning private property illegal.