Colonial People Quiz Review

Which group was most likely to have a cultural focus on "high society" and achieving a high social status?

• Merchants

• Artisans

• Free African Americans

• Large Landowners

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?

• Free African Americans

• European (White) Women

• Indentured Servants

• Merchants

Who usually lived in the South and were often educated?

• European (White) Women

• Large Landowners

• Farmers

• Merchants

Who worked as craftsmen in towns and plantations? 

• Merchants

• Landowners

• Artisans

• Indentured Servants

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

• Merchants

• Large Landowners

• Enslaved African Americans

• Artisans

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

• Free African Americans

• Large Landowners

• European (White) Women

• Merchants

Who worked as caretakers, house workers, and homemakers?

• European (White) Women

• Free African Americans

• Merchants

• Enslaved African Americans

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

• Merchants

• Farmers

• Artisans

• Large Landowners

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

• Merchants

• Artisans

• Large Landowners

• Farmers

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

• European (White) Women

• Free African Americans

• Enslaved African Americans

• Farmers