Social Groups in Colonial America

Relied on Slave Labor

• Plantation Owners

• Farmers

• Merchents

• Women

Worked as Craftsmen

• Women

• Merchents

• Free African American

• Artisans

Which social group relied on family members for labor?

• Artisans

• Large Landowners

• Farmers

• Indentured Servants

Which social groups could vote

• Male landowners

• Free African American

• Women

• Artisans

Which group signed a contract agreeing to work for a number of years in exchange for the cost of their passage?

• Artisans
• Indentured Servants
• Free African Americans
• Merchants

Which social group's main focus was taking care of the home and children?

• Large Landowners
• Women
• Artisans
• Merchants

Which group was able to own land, but could not vote and had economic freedom?

• Enslaved African American

• Large Landowners

• Free African Americans

• Merchents

Unless they escaped or were granted freedom, enslaved African Americans were enslaved for life.

• True
• False

Which is NOT true of large landowners

• Many were educated
• They had a rich social culture
• They lived mostly in New England
• They relied on other groups for labor

Merchents did what

• Farmed

• Worked to buy and sell goods

• Were bakers

• Were as caretakers