Ella Q.

    

A Day In Colonial Life

This is a picture of a day in colonial life. Source:google image

 

Table of contents

Introduction Page: 3

Chapter 1: Slavery Page: 4

Chapter 2: Food and cooking Pages: 5 and 6

Chapter 3: Jobs Page: 6

Conclusion Page: 7

Glossary Page: 8

Introduction:

In this informational piece I am going to be talking about a day in the life
in colonial times.There is a lot of stuff people did in colonial times. In this
piece you will be learning about slaves, food and cooking, and colonial
jobs. By the end of this I hope you learned a lot.

Chapter One: Slaves

Where did slaves come from?

Slaves were captured in Africa and brought by boat to the colonies.

The first slaves arrived in Virginia in 1619 and some slaves were in
South Carolina.

What did slaves do?

Some slaves worked in the fields and they lived in shacks right near the fields.
The shacks were very small,but they had lots of privacy.The slaves only had
one pair of clothes and that lasted them a year. Slaves were legal back then.

How were slaves treated?

Slaves were treated different. All of the slaves were treated differently. Some
of the slaves would get rewards if after they finished working for the day.  
Some slaves could never see their families again.

Chapter 2: Food And Cooking

What did people in colonial time hunt for?

The people in colonial times could not go out and buy food at a store. They
had to hunt for food. They mostly hunted for deer, geese, and rabbits.

In the summer and fall, they would save up food to eat during the long winter.

This is a picture of a deer. Source:Google images.

What did colonist drink?

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Colonist drank water and milk mostly. If you were sick you would drink
water or if you were an adult you would drink a gallon of milk.Instead the
colonists drank cider, beer, and tea. Even the kids drank watered down cider
and beer.

What did colonist eat?

For breakfast some of them would eat a bowl of porridge. At lunch you would
eat some meat, bread,and vegetables. For dinner they would eat meat stew or
meat pie, and porridge.   

Chapter 3:

What were the jobs in the colonial times?

There were a lot of jobs back in colonial times.Some of the jobs

during the colonial times were a cobbler, gunsmith, printer, tailor,

and wigmaker. They had many different jobs.These were hard

because back then they didn't have the tools and technology that

we have today.

Wigmaker

The wig makers made a lot of different kinds of wigs.There were a lot of
different styles. There were white wigs that weren't colored. The wigs looked
different than the wigs today.

Conclusion:

In conclusion,The colonial time was different and harder than today.It was
different for many reasons like slavery,hunting for all your food and doing jobs
without tools that we have today. These are just some of the facts detailing
colonial times.   

Glossary

Meat pie: A meat pie is a pie with a filling of meat

Porridge: A meal consisting of oatmeal or cereal boiled in water

Shacks: Roughly built hut or cabin

Colonies: a group of one nationality