Blacksmith Shop
What metal did blacksmiths heat and shape?
What is iron
What did printers arrange by hand to make words?
What are metal letters or type?
What was a colonial pharmacist called?
What is an apothecary?
Wealthy men often wore these powdered hairpeices.
What are wigs?
What trade made barrels used for storage and shipping?
What is a cooper?
What is the name of the extremely hot fire area used by blacksmiths?
What is a forge?
What is a printing press?
What are herbs?
Most colonial clothing was made this way.
What is handmade.
Most barrels were held together using these metal bands.
What are hoops?
Blacksmith forges could reach temperatures over this amount.
What is 2,000 degrees fahrenheit?
Printing helped spread ideas during this major event in America.
What is the American Revolution?
What dangerous disease was common in colonial America?
What is smallpox?
Around what age did many apprentices begin learning a trade?
What is 12 years old?
Colonial guns were more or less accurate than modern guns?
What is less accurate?
What animal commonly needed shoes made by blacksmiths?
What is a horse?
Colonial printing was fast or slow compared to today?
What is slow?
Colonial doctors did not yet understand these tiny disease-causing organisms.
What are germs or bacteria?
Apprenticies usually lived with this person while learning a trade?
Who is the master craftsman?
Colonial Williamsburg is located in this state.
What is Virginia?
Why was the blacksmith considered one of the most important trades?
What is because nearly every trade needed metal tools and repairs?
Why was printing important in colonial times?
What is spreading news, laws, and information?
True or False: Colonial medicine always worked well.
What is false?
Why did most people own only a few outfits?
What is because clothing was expensive and time-consuming to make?
What material powered blacksmith forges?
What is coal or charcoal?