USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Some artisans included blacksmiths (who made products from iron), coopers ( who made barrels from wood), and cobblers (who made shoes). Children and young men became apprentices and worked alongside master artisans, learning the trade from them in hopes that they could one day earn a living by this trade.

Detailed explanation-2: -How did someone become an artisan? They must be an apprentice first. What did children do who were not apprentices? They worked on farm.

Detailed explanation-3: -An apprentice is someone who studies with a master to learn a skill or business. As a child, an apprentice often lived in the master’s house. Apprentices usually worked with their masters for four to seven years. colonists believed that it was most impor-tant for children to learn useful work skills.

Detailed explanation-4: -The New England colonies had rocky soil, which was not suited to plantation farming, so the New England colonies depended on fishing, lumbering, and subsistence farming. The Middle colonies also featured mixed economies, including farming and merchant shipping.