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Colonial Days

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

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  • Families were larger
  • One room
  • Candles for light
  • Cooking was on the fire
  • Few windows
  • Heat for fire
Photo by faire1two

DAILY BOYS CHORES

  • Bring in wood for fireplace
  • Care for animals
  • Gather wild berries and vegetables
  • Help plow fields and plant crops
  • Help build and repair buildings

DAILY GIRLS CHORES

  • Weave cloth for clothing
  • Preserve fruit and vegetables
  • Cook food
  • Make soap and candles
  • Help with planting and harvesting
Photo by miuenski

EDUCATION

  • Read and write
  • Read the Bible
  • Hornbook
  • 50 or more families had to build a school in the town
  • Older boys could go to college like Harvard
Photo by dougbelshaw

RELIGION

  • Religion was a central part of New England life
  • In the early 1700s the church got less powerful
  • It Changed in 1730s when young ministers Like Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefeld gave inspiring sermons
  • They renewed interest in religion
  • And started the great Awakening

GAMES

  • Horseracing
  • Bowling
  • Baseball
  • Ice skating
  • Sledding down hills
Photo by Jeremy Roof

SLAVERY

  • Selling and buying humans
  • People died of diseases or hunger
  • Forced to work
  • Slave trade
Photo by raezer