This is a small usually white round head covering. Made from gathered or pleated linen. These caps could be worn for daily use, as a sleep cap, or under a full brimmed hat. Sometimes the cap had a ruffled brim with a ribbon band.
What is A MOP CAP?
100
The number of colonies in America during 1774.
What is 13?
100
Most colonial children learned their lessons here instead of going to a school building.
What is HOME?
100
Today the United States celebrates its freedom on this day. There are fireworks, picnics, and parades.
What is FOURTH OF JULY OR INDEPENDENCE DAY ?
100
This is the color of clothing a colonist wore when a family member died.
What is BLACK?
200
The age when most colonial girls began dressing like their mothers and boys stopped wearing frocks.
What is FIVE OR SIX?
200
A group of people who settle in a new land but follow a different country's laws. In 1774, there were 13 of these in America.
What is a COLONY?
200
Colonial boys became these and stayed with shopkeepers or other craftsmen to learn their trade. They were then called this name.
What is AN APPRENTICE?
200
This is the name of the war that the colonists fought in the 1770s so that they would be free from the King of England.
What is THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR OR WAR OF INDEPENDENCE?
200
This is the day in the Holiday season that a child might receive a toy. Hint: The day was not Christmas.
What is NEW YEARS DAY?
300
Men wore these instead of long pants. They stopped at the knee, with silk stockings below.
What are BREECHES?
300
This is the name of the town where many colonial Virginians lived (including fictional Felicity). Today it is a Living History Museum.
What is WILLIAMSBURG?
300
Children learned to write with this instead of a pencil or pen.
It was made from a tip and a feather.
What is A QUILL PEN?
300
He was the General of the Continental Army and later became the first President of the United States.
Who is GEORGE WASHINGTON?
300
This is a religious ceremony that most colonial infants received shortly after birth.
What is A CHRISTENING?
400
A garment worn to hold and shape the waist. If the laces were pulled too tightly, it could cause dizziness. Some women fainted simply because they could not get enough air.
What is A CORSET?
400
This is the name given to a large farm in Virginia which often had a few to a 100 or more slaves to help grow the crops in the rich and fertile soil.
What is A PLANTATION?
400
This is the name of the town where many colonial Virginians lived (including fictional Felicity). Today it is a Living History Museum.
What is WILLIAMSBURG?
400
The name given a person who supported the colonists in their fight for freedom. Felicity's family were these. A LOYALIST was the name given to a person who wanted to remain a colonist under the government of England. Felicity's father was
What is A PATRIOT?
400
This is a giant log that burned for days in a colonial hearth at Christmas time. Today some families make a rolled cake to look like this log.
What is A YULE LOG?
500
A decorated triangular panel that fills in the front opening of a woman's gown or bodice. It may be boned, as part of a corset, or may cover the triangular front of a corset.
What is A STOMACHRE?
500
This is the name of a colonist's outdoor toilet which was located a good distance from the house for both privacy and cleanliness.
What is A NECESSARY?
500
The name of the collection of arts that most colonial girls were taught. These arts included: cooking, sewing, embroidery, and how to manage a household.
What is HOUSEWIFERY?
500
Since women were not allowed to fight in the war, some carried pitchers of water to the troops during the battle. These women who carried the water pitchers were called this.
What is MOLLY PITCHER?
500
This disease became the greatest epidemic in colonial times and many children were sick for several weeks and some even died.