Shaping the World: Conversations on Democracy

A Conversation with Thomas Jefferson and George Washington

Section I - Growing up in Virginia

 

Occupation Matching Exercise

See if you can match these colonial occupations with their job description.  Draw a line from the occupation to the correct job description.  

Occupation Job Description
Agriculturist

All spice

Alnager

Ankle Beater

Arpenteur

Bailiff

Barkeeper

Bellowfarmer

Bibliothecary

Bloodletter/Bloodman

Boardwright

a land-surveyor

a tollkeeper

a person involved with land cultivation or animal husbandry

a court attendant entrusted with duties such as the maintenance of order in a courtroom during a trial  

grocer

a young person who helped to drive the cattle to market  

official who examined the quality of woolen goods and stamped them with the town seal of approval  

a carpenter

person responsible for the care and maintenance of the church organ  

a librarian

the person who used leeches for letting blood, thought to be a cure for many ailments