Chapter 19: Colonial Life from Differing Perspectives

________ worked the land according to the region where they lived. (pg. 138)

• Women

• Self-sufficient

• Farmers

• Artisans

________ usually lived in nice houses in cities and towns. They worked to buy and sell goods to the colonists. (pg. 140)

• Farmers

• Merchants

• Indentured Servants

• Colonists

The colonies were made up of groups of people whose lives were different based on their __________, or position. (pg. 137)

• social status

• plantations

• large landowners

• property

Men had more privileges than women had in colonial America. (pg. 143)

• True

• False

________ served in domestic roles, such as caretakers, houseworkers, and homemakers. (pg. 138)

• Farmers

• Women

• Artisans

• Apprentices

Children in all colonial regions went to school until they were 16. (pg. 143)

• True

• False

Some men and women wanted to go to America, but they did not have money to pay for passage to the colonies. To get there, they became __________. (pg. 140)

• indentured servants

• farmers

• free African Americans

• large landowners

To learn a skilled trade, children started as __________. (pg. 139)

• apprentices

• women

• artisans

• farmers

____________ were captured in their native Africa and sold to slave traders. They were crammed into dark, hot cargo holds of ships that then sailed to the colonies. (pg. 141)

• Enslaved African Americans

• Indentured Servants

• Free African Americans

• Large Landowners

Colonial farming families grew the food they ate which made them ______________. (pg. 138)

• women

• artisans

• farmers

• self-sufficient