People of the Colonies

Who worked as craftsmen in towns and on plantations?

• farmers

• artisans

• debtors

• merchants

Who were men and women who did not have money for their passage to the colonies and agreed to work without pay for the person who paid for the trip?

• merchants

• farmers

• indentured servants

• large landowners

Answer explanation

Did you know? Up to 75 percent of all the individuals who came to the colonies in the 17th century were indentured servants.

Who worked as caretakers, house workers, and homemakers?

• debtors

• artisans

• women

• farmers

Who was captured in their native Africa and were sold to slave traders and then shipped to the colonies and sold into slavery?

• Free African Americans

• Enslaved Africans

• Indentured Servants

• Large Landowners

Who relied on indentured servants and or enslaved African Americans for labor?

• large landowners

• artisans

• merchants

• debtors

Who worked to buy and sell goods to the colonists and lived in cities and towns?

• farmers

• artisans

• women

• merchants

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

• farmers

• debtors

• artisans

• merchants

Who was able to own land, could not vote, but could work for pay and decide how to spend their money?

• enslaved African Americans

• free African Americans

• indentured servants

• white women

Who usually lived in the South and were often educated?

• large landowners

• white women

• enslaved African Americans

• merchants

Who was free at the end of their contract?

• merchants

• enslaved African Americans

• white women

• indentured servants