People of the Colonies

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Who would have had the most power, influence, and money? Options: artisans, free African Americans, farmers, large landowners

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large landowners

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Who had the least amount of rights? Options: enslaved African Americans, women, free African Americans, indentured servants

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enslaved African Americans

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Who were able to own land, had economic freedom and could work for pay and decide how to spend their money, but were not allowed to vote?

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free African Americans

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Who were captured in their native Africa and sold to traders, then were shipped to the colonies where they were sold and owned as property for life with no rights?

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enslaved African Americans

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Who worked as caretakers, house-workers, homemakers, were not allowed to vote, and had few opportunities for getting an education?

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women

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Who were men and women who did not have money for passage to the colonies and who agreed to work without pay for the person who paid for their passage, but were free at the end of their contract?

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indentured servants

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Who worked as craftsmen in towns, on plantations, in small villages and cities?

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artisans

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Who worked the land according to the region and relied on family members for labor?

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farmers

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Who lived predominately in the South, relied on slaves for labor, were sometimes educated, and had a rich social culture?

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large landowners

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Who was most likely allowed to vote? Options: women, free African Americans, farmers, enslaved African Americans

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farmers