Food/Cooking
What was the most important food to early colonists?
Corn
This person worked with iron to make horseshoes and tools.
Who is a blacksmith?
This ocean separated England and the 13 Colonies.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
Women often wore several of these under their main dress or apron, but don't be confused, they aren't "jackets."
What are petticoats?
Cruel colonial teachers might have a student wear this type of cap after making a mistake in their lessons.
Don't be scared of this Colonial cooking tool. It's just a frying pan with three long legs to keep it above the fire.
What is a spider?
A cooper was a person who made these wooden containers used to store food and liquids.
What are barrels?
These colonies were called "The Breadbasket Colonies" becuase they grew so much grain.
What are the Middle Colonies?
Until about the age of six, colonial children all wore this type of clothing.
What is a dress?
This part of a pie gave us a saying that means "the richest people."
What is the upper crust?
Because sugar was expensive, colonists often tapped trees for this.
What is maple syrup?
A young boy who left home to live with a master and learn a job was called this.
What is an apprentice?
What are rivers or oceans?
Most colonial clothing was made from these three materials.
What are linen, wool, and cotton?
DAILY DOUBLE!!
Who are the Puritans?
Before refrigerators, Colonists kept their food here to prevent it from spoiling.
What is the basement (or spring house)?
In the Southern Colonies, many people worked on these large farms that grew tobacco or cotton.
What are plantations?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
What is Glassboro?
Instead of long pants, men and boys wore these short pants that stopped at the knee.
What are "breeches?"
This mountain range was the western border of the colonies.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
Farmers who grew more than they needed so that they could sell the extra called their harvest this "expensive" name.
What are cash crops?
Blacksmith, silversmith, tinsmith. What does the word "smith" mean in all of these words?
What is "To Hit"
In addition to the 13 Colonies, England also had several colonies in this location south of Florida, where they grew huge amounts of sugar.
Where is the Caribbean Sea?
These "round" dresses were considered beautiful by the colonists, but they made it nearly impossible to sit down.
What are hoop dresses?
"Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise." So wrote Ben Franklin in this famous publication.
What is Poor Richard's Almanac.