Colonial Profiles

I am an African laborer working on a sugar plantation. Because of the difficult conditions and illnesses I am worried about my safety. Where am I settled?

• Sugar colony

• North American Settler Colony

• Spanish Colony

• West Africa

I moved with my husband and two young children from Europe to a small farm where we raise pigs and sheep. I am a Protestant. Where am I settled?

• North American Settler Colony

• the Spanish colonies of Meso and South America

• a Sugar Colony

• a French Fur Trading Outpost

I am an indigenous laborer. I work in a silver mine owned by a conquistador. Where am I settled?

• Spanish South or Meso American Colony

• Settler Colony in North America

• Sugar Colony

• Japan

I am a child whose mother is from an Inca family and father is from Europe. I plan to go to school to train in my father's business ranching. Where am I settled?

• the Spanish Colonies

• the Sugar Colonies

• the North American Settler Colonies

• a French Fur Trade Outpost

I am a young woman working in the main house of a plantation. My mother and father were both slaves and worked in cotton fields. Where am I settled?

• Southern Colonies in British North America

• Northern Settler Colony

• Sugar Colony

• Spanish Colony in Mesoamerica

I am a family man busy serving on the local government council. I run a small fishing business collecting cod. Where am I settled?

• British Settler Colony

• Spanish Colony in Latin America

• Sugar Colony

• Souther Colony in British North America

I am proudly a colonist of European descent. Less than 10% of the population in my colony can claim that. Most are from Africa.

• Sugar Colony

• Spanish Latin American Colony

• North American Settler Colony

• French Fur Trade Outpost

I am a child whose mother was an African slave until she married my father, who is from Portugal. I am going to school to become a government official. Where am I settled?

• Sugar Colony

• North American Settler Colony

• Spanish Colony in Mesoamerica

• British Southern Colony

I am a young man working for a joint stock company as a fisherman. I hope to start my own business when my indentured contract is complete. Where am I settled?

• North American Settler Colony

• Spanish Mesoamerican Colony

• Sugar Colony

• French Fur Trading Colony

I am a conquistador seeking to maintain my riches against new administrators brought in by the crown. Where am I settled?

• Meso or South American

• a Spanish Sugar Colony

• North American Settler Colony

• French Fur Trading Outpost