Colonial Covers
The spinning wheel used to spin wool into thread is called
During which century was English Roundhand writing popular
18th Century
Name two of the three forts that were built to stop British ships from sailing up the Hudson river
Consitution, Montogomery & West Point
What was the Sturbridge Lion
A railroad engine
A preventive often prescribed by 18th century doctor was
Vinegar
Straightening and smoothing wool is called
Carding
A capital H is close to this letter in the colonial alphabet and looks almost like it
The letter K
Loyalist were often placed in fleet prisons. What is a fleet prison and where were they located
It was a prison on a ship out in the Hudson River
Why was it not possible to keep the canal in operation all year long
The water froze in the winter
The four humors are
Black bile, yellow bile, phlegm, and blood
Part of a carpenter's tool is used to describe this quilt
Saw Tooth Quilt
What are pieces of paper, with information written on them, that historians could read to learn about the past
Documents
Philip Livingson could speak Iroquois. This made rich because
He traded furs with the natives
What did the little kid forget to do when he tried to raise ducky up out of the tub
Plug the drain
The tool used to open a body for examination is called
Scalpel
Putting three diamonds together produces what geometric shape
A cube
The ink we used to do quil pen writing with is indelible
Cannot be removed
Which kind of money was not used during the American Revolution
American Dollars
Canal boats were prevented from bouncing back and fourth from the lock walls by
Snubbing the boat fast
The food tubes are part of the digestive systems are called the
The large and small inestine
In a double weave pattern
The colors are reversed
One letter that is missing from the 18th century alphabet is
Capital X
The first chain across the Hudson did not prove to be successful because
The tide formed a great arc in the chain and snapped its weakest link
In 1827, when you were just five years old the Delaware and Hudson Canal opened. You are now 76 years old and the canal just closed. What year is it
1898
How did the ''midnight man'', who no one seemed to know, help the doctor
By bringing him dead bodies to study