Living In Colonial Times
Haul someone over the coals – in the Middle Ages, suspected heretics were literally hauled over a bed of burning coals. If they survived they were considered innocent, and guilty if they did not.
Living in colonial times was not like how living is now. Colonists didn’t have cars, planes, trains, video games, or or high tech equipment. The way people did things in colonial times was different from how we do things today. I'll be talking about jobs you had in colonial times. Next, you will be learning about what was dinner like. Last, I’ll discuss who learned more...boys or girls and what happened if you got into trouble. I Hope You Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!
Jobs in colonial times….
If you lived in colonial times you would have a job.
You couldn’t be a professional athlete in the NHL or NFL and you couldn't be a police officer or firefighter. You couldn't have all the jobs you can have now. Some of the jobs you had are
Apothecary (making medicine)
The apothecaries of colonial times were similar to today's pharmacists. They made medicines from various minerals, plants, and herbs and sold them in their store. Sometimes they acted as doctors, prescribing medicines for the sick and even performing minor surgeries. Like some drugstores today, the apothecary often sold items besides medicines such as tobacco and cooking spices.
Blacksmith
The blacksmith was one of the most important tradesmen of any colonial settlement… The blacksmith was one of the most important tradesmen of any colonial settlement. They used a forge to make and fix all sorts of iron items such as horseshoes, tools, axe heads, hammers, nails, and plowshares.
Cabinet maker
When the first settlers arrived in America they made their own furniture. However, as the colonies grew and became wealthy, cabinetmakers became a specialized trade that made high quality furniture. Popular items included tables, chairs, and desks.
Wigmaker
Wigs were an important fashion statement during colonial times. Men of wealth and stature wore large powdered wigs. The wigmaker used human and animal hair to create wigs of various sizes and styles. The wigmaker usually offered other services such as shaving beards or dressing hair.
candle made by a chandler
The chandler was a merchant who specialized in making candles. Candles were an important item in Colonial America because they didn't have electricity for lights. Candles were usually made from tallow, but could also be made from bayberry or myrtle wax. To make a candle, the candle maker would repeatedly dip a wick into heated tallow or wax until the candle reached the desired size. The early settlers made their own candles.
cobbler (making shoes)
An important trade during colonial times was the cobbler who made and repaired shoes. Some larger towns would have multiple different cobblers. Cobblers would often specialize in different types of shoes. They might make just men's shoes or just women's shoes. The most prestigious shoemakers made men's boots.
Cooper
The cooper made different containers such as barrels, casks, and buckets. These containers were important in colonial times for storing all sorts of items including ale, and wine, flour, gunpowder, and tobacco. The cooper was a skilled trade as these containers needed to be durable and watertight for a long time.
Milliner
The milliner was the owner of the local clothing store. They sold items for sewing such as cloth and thread. They also made all sorts of clothing accessories including hats, shirts, aprons, hoods, cloaks, and shifts. The milliner was often a woman and was one of the few trades that could be owned and operated by a woman during colonial times.
Gunsmith
The gunsmith made and repaired firearms for the town. Gunsmiths had to be skilled in working with both wood and metal. Most of the gunsmiths in colonial times spent their time fixing existing guns rather than making them. New guns were usually imported from England.
Those are a lot of the jobs you could've had if you lived in colonial times and wanted to make some kind of money.
Dinner was very different your couldn't sit down when you ate, and you Couldn't talk at all, not even really say how good or bad your day was. Mostly people ate corn,corn,corn,corn, they turned the corn into corn cake and into corn pudding, The indians taught the people how to plant corn and how to cook corn. If there was nothing to eat the people could always count on corn, And also kids drank beer. And mostly you either corn or some kind of meat.
Who learned more boys-or girls
After dame school, boys went to another school to learn more and girls stayed home. Most people thought is was more important for girls to know how to spin and cook and clean their house. But some people said girls are as clever as boys. “Why” can’t they learn, too? So they taught their daughters at home. Most boys had to go to school.The law said so. The law said every town with fifty families must build a school for boys. But some towns did not have enough money to build a school.
What were the schools like?
The law did say schools had to be comfortable and most of them weren’t. There were hard benches to sit on. The school had only one room, which was freezing cold in the winter, The only heat came from the fire place. Every boy had to bring firewood for the fire. If he forgot, forgot, he had to sit faraway from the fire. He had to sit in the coldest part of the room. The family of every boy went to school had to pay the schoolmaster. Often he was pain in corn or other food. And to get food you had to kill animals i guess like cows, pigs, chicken and all those animal that you can get meat from.
Want happened if you got in trouble
IF you got in trouble there were a couple of things you had to do, First they could hang you and kill you. Another is they put you on like this thing that they kept on dunking you into the freezing cold river on and on and on and n again for as long as they felt needed. And another thing you could’ve had to do is you had to wear a tag on your head or chest or whatever and on the sign it would say want bad thing you did. Some things you could’ve gotten in trouble for were you could’ve stole something or killed someone or something like an animal or something like that.
Conclusion
As you can see life was different in colonial times, As I told you about ,What happened if you got in trouble, Who learned more Boys or girls and What was dinner like in Colonial Times? And Jobs in Colonial Times…. So I hope you enjoyed and have a great day and last.
Question: Why was why life so different?
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