USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How did people in the middle colonies learn to do skilled jobs
A
on their own
B
by becoming apprentices
C
from the Native Americans
D
from colonists who were there first
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Tradesmen spent their lives learning a skill. Young boys would become apprentices at the age of six or seven years old and would work the next seven or so years learning the trade. Upon finishing their apprenticeship they would become journeymen. Journeymen still worked for a master, but earned wages.

Detailed explanation-2: -An apprentice is a person under such a legal agreement that works for a master craftsman in return for instruction in a specific trade and, formally, support. Many of those who came to the American colonies already knew a trade, such as farming, but could not afford the cost of the journey across the Atlantic.

Detailed explanation-3: -You’ll learn how to work with other people in the work place, how to take responsibility, how to participate in the work place and also how to manage your finances, as you are being paid.

Detailed explanation-4: -The system of apprenticeship first developed in the later Middle Ages and came to be supervised by craft guilds and town governments. A master craftsman was entitled to employ young people as an inexpensive form of labour in exchange for providing food, lodging and formal training in the craft.

Detailed explanation-5: -An apprentice is someone who trains for a career by working under the supervision of more experienced workers. Modern apprenticeships follow an established plan of instruction, which includes on-the-job training combined with an educational curriculum.

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