Who are yeomen? A-white farmers of European descent B-American horn black slaves C-descendants of the early colonists D- descendants of African slaves
History · Middle School · Thu Feb 04 2021
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C - descendants of the early colonists
Yeomen historically refer to a class of small landowners or farmers. In the context of the United States, the term "yeomen" typically refers to independent farmers of the early American colonies and the early United States who owned their own land. These were often descendants of the early English, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish colonists who settled in America. They worked their own plots of land and were considered the backbone of agriculture in the agrarian society of the time. Yeomen were distinct from planters or large landowners, who might own many slaves and large estates.