occupied with getting to america, then farming
Most 17th century Americans were farmers.
In the 1860s, the most popular job in the United States was farming, as agriculture was the primary occupation for majority of Americans. Many people were involved in farming to support their families and communities.
The primary occupation for S.E. Hinton is being a writer. She is most famous for her book The Outsiders, and has also written several other books.
Ninety Percent of seventeenth century Americans were farmers. The work of a farmer involved far more than simply planting and harvesting crops. Farmers made many of their tools, smoked their meat, and built their own buildings.
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Before the Civil War most Americans felt that their primary loyalties and citizenship rest with individual state governments.
colonial livelihood was mainly agriculture
A primary occupation would be a "day job" or the one job worked by an individual that brings the most income. For instance, if a person worked 40 hours week at $15/hour at a factory job then worked an additional 20 hours a week as a cashier at a store, the person's primary occupation would be "factory worker".
Currently there are more Americans employed in retail sales than in any other occupation. This includes everything from Fast Food Sales to Home Shopping Network.
The most common occupation of the apostles were that they were fishermen.
They chose to move to different places when they seen trouble or any other dangerous things headed their way.