Social Groups in the Thirteen Colonies Around 1750

Start with the two governments, then the colony types. Use the trade routes and social groups sheets to show how colonists lived and worked.

Mark Yes or No for the rights of eight colonial groups around 1750, from gentry to servants. The directions on the page read: Read the text. Then use it to write Yes or No in each box of the table. A person who controlled property could own it and decide how it was used. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 8th grade The Thirteen Colonies, and it works the same at home or at school. At home, a student can work through it alone and then go over it with you, which shows quickly what is solid and what needs another look. In class it works as independent practice, homework or a warm-up, and you can print one copy or a full set.

In January 1639 settlers of three Connecticut River towns adopted the Fundamental Orders. Freemen elected a governor and magistrates every year, and each town sent deputies to a General Court.

They signed contracts to work for four to seven years in return for passage to America. The social groups sheet compares their rights with those of gentry, artisans, yeoman farmers and others around 1750.

In a charter colony, voters elected the governor as well as the assembly. In a royal colony the king appointed the governor, and in a proprietary colony the proprietor did.