Colonial American Jobs

mixed herbs to make medicine for the sick

• apothecary

• cooper

• printer

• cobbler

ground corn and wheat to make flour

• miller

• cobbler

• silversmith

• blacksmith

repaired, altered, and made firearms

• gunsmith

• blacksmith

• apothecary

• wheelwright

printed newspapers and signs with a printing press

• tailor

• tanner

• printer

• milliner

made and fixed shoes

• cobbler

• tanner

• apothecary

• wheelwright

made dishes, spoons, and cups from pewter (silver)

• milliner

• gunsmith

• apotocary

• silversmith

made and repaired wagons and wheels

• gunsmith

• tanner

• miller

• wheelwright

made horseshoes and farm equipment from iron and steel

• blacksmith

• tanner

• printer

• silversmith

made and repaired clothing, such as suits and dresses from fabric

• tailor

• miller

• cobbler

• cooper

made barrels out of wood

• cooper

• blacksmith

• tailor

• miller