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Who Is speaking:I work in the home and I want to learn to read, but my father says that education is a waste for me.
a) a woman
b) a slave
c) a large landowner
d) an indentured servant

Most slaves that came to the United States were captured in
a) Asia
b) Africa
c) Antarctica
d) Europe

Who Is speaking: I cannot vote, but I choose where I work and I own my land.
a) a free African American
b) a slave
c) a woman
d) a large landowner in the South

Which group worked as craftsmen on plantations or towns throughout all the colonies?
a) slaves
b) farmers
c) artisans
d) landowners

If you were a large landowner in Colonial days, you would most likely
a) be male, live in the South, have a rich social life, and own slaves
b) be male, live in New England
c) be female, live in the New England
d) be female, well educated, and be able to vote

Which groups of workers had a contract and were free upon completing the contract?
a) indentured servants
b) slaves
c) large landowners
d) immigrants

A person who was under contract to work for another person for a specific number of years in exchange for passage to the new country
a) indentured servant
b) slave
c) Immigrant
d) sharecropper

Compared to indentured servants, enslaved African Americans
a) were owned as property for life and had no rights
b) agreed to work without pay
c) were freed at the end of their contract
d) agreed to come to the colonies

The Quakers wanted religious freedom to practice their ideas freely and without restraint so they settled in which colony?
a) New York
b) Pennsylvania
c) Virginia
d) New Netherland

Which group of colonists worked mainly in the home and had little chance of being educated and were mostly responsible for educating their children?
a) women
b) men
c) slaves
d) southerners

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