Question

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Which of the following would have been allowed to participate in colonial elections?


a Native American who supplied furs and hides to local merchants


a young man apprenticed to a ship builder


a woman who owned a candle-making business


a free Black man who worked as a blacksmith

Answer 1

a young man apprenticed to a ship builder

Answer 2

The correct answer is B. A young man apprenticed to a ship builder.

Step-by-step explanation

During the colonial era in the United States, voting laws excluded women, natives, and blacks who were considered incompetent to vote, the only ones who could vote were white men. Even though today all citizens have the right to vote, it was not until after the middle of the 19th century that women, natives, and blacks had access to this right, so it is possible to affirm that whoever had the right to voting during colonial times was a young man apprenticed to a shipbuilder. So, the correct answer is B. A young man apprenticed to a ship builder.