The Stono Rebellion of 1739 led to which regulation?

• A. Negro Act
• B. Stamp Act
• C. Molasses Act
• D. Quartering Act

Answer: (A)

The idea being tested is how slave uprisings shaped laws restricting enslaved people. After the Stono Rebellion in 1739, South Carolina moved to tighten controls on enslaved individuals, culminating in the Negro Act of 1740. This legislation expanded prohibitions on education, assembly, and movement for enslaved people and gave white authorities greater power to punish and monitor them, reflecting white colonists’ fear of organized resistance and their desire to prevent future uprisings.

The other policies listed don’t fit the reaction to this event. The Stamp Act and the Quartering Act were British imperial measures imposed later to regulate taxation and military presence in the colonies, not a direct response to a slave rebellion in South Carolina. The Molasses Act targeted colonial trade with non-British rivals rather than internal slave discipline.