Colonial Jobs

Who makes containers for colonists to carry and store many items like fruits, nuts, and vegetables?

• basketmakers

• shoemakers

• brickmakers

• coopers

Who arranges buying and selling of goods between overseas suppliers, farmers, and shoekeepers in the colonies?

• silversmith

• blacksmith

• wigmaker

• merchant

Who uses leather to make shoes to protect the colonists' feet?

• wigmakers

• silversmith

• shoemaker

• tailor

Who usually moved to the area where brick buyers lived to make bricks?

• tailors

• brickmakers

• town criers

• shoemakers

Who hammered hot steel into lots of objects like nails, horseshoes, and axes?

• blacksmiths

• silversmiths

• cabinetmakers

• merchants

Who made furniture like tables, chairs, and desks?

• tailors

• merchants

• brickmakers

• cabinet makers

Who cut out, measured, and sewed fabrics to make coats?

• merchant

• wigmaker

• town crier

• tailor

Who used hair from horses, goats, and humans to make wigs?

• silversmith

• blacksmith

• wigmaker

• town crier

Who used metal and silver to make shoe buckles, spoons, and buttons?

• printer

• silversmith

• town crier

• merchant

Who makes barrels from wood?

• town crier

• basket maker

• brick maker

• cooper