1. Colonial People
USI 5c

2. Large Landowners Lived in the South
Used indentured servants and slaves for labor
Educated
Rich social life

3. Farmers Grew what would grow best in the region
Used family members for labor

4. Artisans Worked as craftsmen in towns and on plantations
Lived in small towns and cities

5. Women Worked as caretakers, and homemakers Could not vote
Very few could be educated

6. Free African Americans
Were able to own land
Had more economic freedom, could work for pay and decide how to spend money
Not allowed to vote

7. Indentured Servants
Agreed to work without pay for 4-7 years to pay for their passage to America
Were free at the end of their contract

8. Enslaved African Americans
Were captured in Africa, sold to slave traders then were shipped to the colonies where they were sold into slavery
Were owned as property for life with no rights
Children of enslaved African Americans were born into slavery