Life on a farm
The center of most economic activity in the colonies.
What is land & farms?
The percentage of colonists that lived in the city.
What is 1 our of 20?
- Grandparents
-Aunts and uncles
These consisted in a young family's household.
How big were colonial families?
The most important thing in colonial life.
What is Religion?
When colonists combined work and fun.
What were Bees and Frolics?
Not needing to buy a single thing.
What is a typical farm year?
Smelled like rotting garbage and open sewers.
What did colonial cities smell like?
Families that needed as much help as the could for the harvest and chores.
What were farm families?
The day all puritans would go to the church early in the morning.
What was Sunday?
Men laid walls on the ground, and they would build the frame in one day.
What were barn raisings and house raisings?
The one of the most dangerous chores on a farm.
What is cooking?
Colonists burned grease in metal containers.
What were Betty lamps?
Women and men were of age in their early to mid 20's.
A religious movement, in the beginning of the 1730's.
What was the Great Awakening?
A similar game to backgammon and another form of billiards(pool).
What were Tick-tack and trock?
Resources sold to Great Britain.
What were Iron and Cotton?
Jobs in colonial cities.
What were blacksmiths, fishers & craftspeople?
For women, this job was harder than being an indentured servant.
What was the job of being a wife and a mother?
People who made sure everyone was at church.
What were Captains of the Watch?
What was cooking and having a feast?
The only source of heat and used for cooking.
What is a fireplace?
-Church bells rang.
-Carts clattered
-Loose animals
What were some noisy sounds in colonial cities?
Once indentured servants are freed they were allowed to do this.
What was getting married?
Another word for bible songs.
What were psalms?
Footraces, wrestling matches, dance contests and wild scrambles.
What were some games you could win a prize?