Colonial Life

Who works for someone in order to learn a job or trade?

• Apprentice
• Slave
• Indentured Servant
• Boss

What are the people called when they sign a contact that makes them a servant for a short time?

• Mickey Mouse
• a servant
• indentured servant
• a slave

What are some things boys did learn?

• to help moms, sew and cook
• to hunt, help dad, learn a trade
• to work with computers,create games 

What are some jobs women had during colonial times?

• hunting, shop owners, making clothes
• making clothes, taking care of children, gardening, 
• own land, help make laws, own shops

Children learned many things. What did most girls learn?

• to hunt, farm , build houses and fences
• sew, cleaning, gardening, taking care of children
• to vote, to build houses, sewing

True or False
Religion was very important in the lives of New York Colonist children

• True
• False

People went to the colonies for a chance to live a better life, religious freedom, or economic opportunity

• TRUE
• FALSE

What did it mean to be  a slave?

• You were owned by someone. You worked for them forever
• You worked for rich colonists.
• You could work for yourself when you learned a trade.
• You could do what you wanted

Woman were allowed to go to college during the colonial period.

• True

• False

Who had the right to vote?

• White men

• African Americans

• women

• Native Americans