OCCUPATIONS IN THE COLONIES GRQ’S
The difference between a colonial farmer and a planter was that colonial farmers worked small, family-run farms, while planters were wealthy, educated, who oversaw the operations on their large farms, or plantations. Colonial farmers used plows, hoes, axes, and building tools to clear land, dig ditches, build fences, farm buildings, plow, and do other heavy labor. Planters used books to track expenses and sales. They dealt with the logistics rather than hard labor, supervised the slaves and staff, and inspected crops. Farmers and planters both grew crops to sell, but farmers also used the crop for their own sustenance.
Some of the common crops were tobacco in Virginia and Maryland and rice and indigo in the …show more content…
Unskilled laborers did many kinds of manual labor, including farm work, household service, and the myriad tasks an apprentice performed for a craftsman. Indentured servants were men and women who agreed to work for a master for a specified period of time in exchange for passage to the colonies. After the period of service passed, their masters provided them with clothes, tools, and sometimes land to start them in their new, free lives. Slaves were generally used for hard labor on plantations, including clearing and plowing land, and planting, picking, and processing crops. Slaves were bought and sold as property, unlike indentured …show more content…
The two exceptions were Pennsylvania and Georgia, which had a single legislative house.
With the exception of Rhode Island and Connecticut, a colony’s governor was appointed by the Crown or by its proprietors. The governor had the power to to convene and dissolve the colony’s legislature as well as veto its laws. The governor could also command the militia, appoint public officials, and administer justice.
In colonial governments, a common feature was a council appointed by the Crown. The number of people in a council varied in different colonies, but it usually consisted of twelve men. They served as the upper house of the legislature, as a board of advisors to the governor, and frequently as the highest court in the colony.
Elected representative government was first introduced in Virginia in 1619 and Massachusetts in 1634. Afterward, other colonies followed them. The legislative assembly was made up of representatives elected by the colonists. The assembly was the chief legislative arm of the colonial government, but its acts could be vetoed by the governor or overridden by the Crown. However, it retained the right to approve any taxation of the
The difference between a colonial farmer and a planter was that colonial farmers worked small, family-run farms, while planters were wealthy, educated, who oversaw the operations on their large farms, or plantations. Colonial farmers used plows, hoes, axes, and building tools to clear land, dig ditches, build fences, farm buildings, plow, and do other heavy labor. Planters used books to track expenses and sales. They dealt with the logistics rather than hard labor, supervised the slaves and staff, and inspected crops. Farmers and planters both grew crops to sell, but farmers also used the crop for their own sustenance.
Some of the common crops were tobacco in Virginia and Maryland and rice and indigo in the …show more content…
Unskilled laborers did many kinds of manual labor, including farm work, household service, and the myriad tasks an apprentice performed for a craftsman. Indentured servants were men and women who agreed to work for a master for a specified period of time in exchange for passage to the colonies. After the period of service passed, their masters provided them with clothes, tools, and sometimes land to start them in their new, free lives. Slaves were generally used for hard labor on plantations, including clearing and plowing land, and planting, picking, and processing crops. Slaves were bought and sold as property, unlike indentured …show more content…
The two exceptions were Pennsylvania and Georgia, which had a single legislative house.
With the exception of Rhode Island and Connecticut, a colony’s governor was appointed by the Crown or by its proprietors. The governor had the power to to convene and dissolve the colony’s legislature as well as veto its laws. The governor could also command the militia, appoint public officials, and administer justice.
In colonial governments, a common feature was a council appointed by the Crown. The number of people in a council varied in different colonies, but it usually consisted of twelve men. They served as the upper house of the legislature, as a board of advisors to the governor, and frequently as the highest court in the colony.
Elected representative government was first introduced in Virginia in 1619 and Massachusetts in 1634. Afterward, other colonies followed them. The legislative assembly was made up of representatives elected by the colonists. The assembly was the chief legislative arm of the colonial government, but its acts could be vetoed by the governor or overridden by the Crown. However, it retained the right to approve any taxation of the