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WorksheetsSocial Groups in Colonial America
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Relied on Slave Labor
a)
Plantation Owners
b)
Farmers
c)
Merchents
d)
Women
2.
Worked as Craftsmen
a)
Women
b)
Merchents
c)
Free African American
d)
Artisans
3.
Which social group relied on family members for labor?
a)
Artisans
b)
Large Landowners
c)
Farmers
d)
Indentured Servants
4.
Which social groups could vote
a)
Male landowners
b)
Free African American
c)
Women
d)
Artisans
5.
Which group signed a contract agreeing to work for a number of years in exchange for the cost of their passage?
a)
Artisans
b)
Indentured Servants
c)
Free African Americans
d)
Merchants
6.
Which social group's main focus was taking care of the home and children?
a)
Large Landowners
b)
Women
c)
Artisans
d)
Merchants
7.
Unless they escaped or were granted freedom, enslaved African Americans were enslaved for life.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
Which group was able to own land, but could not vote and had economic freedom?
a)
Enslaved African American
b)
Large Landowners
c)
Free African Americans
d)
Merchents
9.
Which group owned and worked land, could vote, but were usually not wealthy?
a)
Farmers
b)
Large Landowners
c)
Artisans
d)
Indentured Servants
10.
Which is NOT true of large landowners
a)
Many were educated
b)
They had a rich social culture
c)
They lived mostly in New England
d)
They relied on other groups for labor
11.
Merchents did what
a)
Farmed
b)
Worked to buy and sell goods
c)
Were bakers
d)
Were as caretakers
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