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]
People who own land are called ____
A
propietors
B
slaves
C
indentured servants
D
landees
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A landowner is a person who owns land, especially a large amount of land.

Detailed explanation-2: -Someone who owns a business or a property is a proprietor. A bookstore proprietor might wish she became a librarian instead so the books would come back. The first part of proprietor sounds a lot like “property, ” and a proprietor is someone with ownership of property.

Detailed explanation-3: -proprietor. noun. pro·pri·e·tor prə-ˈprī-ə-tər. : one who has legal right or exclusive title to something : owner.

Detailed explanation-4: -Proprietor refers to an owner, i.e. someone who has legal and exclusive ownership of something. In particular, it refers to the owner of a sole proprietorship, in which case it is also called sole proprietor.

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