The Emerging Labor Force: Indentured Servants, Artisans, and Enslaved Workers

Daily Life, Labor, and Diverse Perspectives in the Thirteen Colonies

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Explain the development of colonial labor systems, contrasting indentured servitude, skilled artisan wage labor, and chattel slavery.

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Daily Life, Labor, and Diverse Perspectives in the Thirteen Colonies

4th Grade · Social Studies · US-MI-SS

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Examine daily routines, labor systems, and the varied perspectives of diverse groups across the colonial regions, synthesizing how regional economies and cultures developed.

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5 – U2.3.4Michigan Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Describe the development of the emerging labor force in the colonies.