USI.5D People of the Colonies (Summative)

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True or False? The colonies are made up of different groups of people whose lives varied greatly depending on their social position.

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True

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__________ worked as craftsmen in towns, small villages, cities and on the plantation.

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Artisans

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__________ worked the land according to the region and relied on family for labor.

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Farmers

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__________ could own land and 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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__________ were people who did not have money for passage to the colonies and 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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__________ lived predominately in the South, relied on indentured servants and/or slaves for labor, had a rich social culture, and were educated in some cases.

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Large Landowners

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__________ were captured in Africa and shipped to the colonies where they were sold into slavery. They were owned as property for life and had no rights. Their children were born into slavery.

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Enslaved African Americans

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__________ worked as caretakers, house-workers, homemakers, had few chances for an education, and could not vote.

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Women

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__________ worked to buy and sell goods to the colonists. These people lived in towns and cities.

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Merchants

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True or False? All people were allowed to vote in the colonies.

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False