As a class, share your collective knowledge about Bull, his life, and his times, to come up with an assessment of the following in terms of Bull as a craftsman. Make sure to include evidence from the web site and outside research to support why you made the choices that you did.
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1. Amount of money
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| 2. Studying as an apprentice |
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| 3. Sponsoring an apprentice |
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| 4. Working for members of the community |
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| 5. Level of work |
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| 6. Doing labor to pay debts |
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| 7. Accepting labor or goods in payment of debts |
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| 8. Owning a shop and running his business there |
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| 9. Keeping detailed records of his work and of the payments owed to him |
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| 10. Level of success |
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| 11. Setting up shop away from his master |
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| 12. Serving in the military before starting his business |
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| 13. Making sure that his children were educated or learned a trade |
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| 14. Participating in the barter system |
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| 15. Having his children participate in his trade |
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| 16. Traveling to determine where best to set up shop |
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| 17. Not attending college |
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| 18. Being literate |
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| 19. Not supplementing his trade with farming |
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| 20. Serving as a locksmith, a blacksmith, and a gunsmith |
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| 21. Tiring of his craft and returning to farming |
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| 22. Not using indentured servants |
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| 23. Not following his father's occupation |
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| 24. Being the son of a minister |
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| 25. Leaving written records behind |
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| 26. Holding a high position (armorer) at an early age |
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