Colonial America New England Region
Table of Contents Page 3: Introduction
Pages 8,9: Basic Needs
Pages 4,5: The Region
Page 10: Glossary
Pages 6,7: Daily Life
Page 11: Cited Sources Page 12: About the Authors
Introduction This book is all about the New England Colonies; they are the ones that founded America. They are mostly from Europe. Do you know what the American colonies wear, what they eat, and what education do they get? Did you know that they played hopscotch? Let’s learn about them together.
The Region
The location of the New England Colony.
Population There is no accurate population but the estimate was 1,000 people on board the ship, a lot of colonist died on the trip to the new world. Only half of the children survived, they died of high fever and some unknown disease. It was a really hard time for the colonist to survive.
Weather The weather in the colony affects a lot to crops and animals. The colonists always collect their crops before it rain. They store it in this place called a pantry. The colonist also stores their spices, milk and other fresh ingredients, so a colonist can get fresh ingredients any time they want.
Location The New England Region moved to a lot of places. Their first destination was in Jamestown, Virginia. They first built a fort to survive the harsh and cold winter. They first had a huge wall around it with a lot of solders protecting the colony but as new people arrived, the forts soon became a big town, which now isn’t surrounded by walls.
The Winter scence in the colonial times
Plants
Landforms
People in colonial times plant different types of plants. There’s a plant called herb and every family plants that in their garden because herbs are used to heal almost anything. If someone gets hurt herbs will heal it, even if you broke a arm or a leg. There are different herbs used to heal; the herbs are from tea, Chervil, and Hyssop.
There are only 2 landforms in New England colony, those two landforms are rolling hills and rock shorelines. Long ago glaciers worn some high mountains into rolling hills. Along the seacoast, the glaciers moved dirt and rocks and made the rocky shorelines.
The ocean waves hitting the shore over People in the colonial times love corn. They many years that made hundreds of planted lots of corn in their garden, and they ate harbors. Inside the water away from the boiled corn, roasted corn, corn cake, corn shore were banks or lots of dirt where pudding, normal corn, and a lot more. They the glaciers that pushed underwater. don’t only eat corn though, they also eat a lot of other food, but most of the food they eat are from their garden. They ate pumpkins and squash it, they ate beans with porridge, fruits, bread, and a lot of other food. In the colonial times, if babies get sick or isn’t feeling well, his/ her mom will take a piece of string and put berries through the string, then hang the berry necklace on the baby’s neck, maybe a few days or even a few hours the baby will feel better. This is a garden in the colonial times.
Diseases One of the major diseases in New England Region was the Yellow Fever. The first outbreak was in 1647 in Barbados. The origin of the Yellow Fever was in Africa. It slowly spread toward Europe by mosquitos. The disease killed more than 30,000 people. The other major disease in the 14th century is the Black Death. It was the worst disease in human record. Rat fleas that suck the blood of the rats cause the Black Death and the blood of the rats gets injected in your body by the fleas. Once you get the Black Death, you will die or recover in a week.
Technology There were not a lot of technology in the 16 hundreds. Most of their machinery was made from ropes, wood, and metal. The most common machinery everyone had was the musket. Muskets are guns, which were invented in the 16th century. Another common mechanism was the wind powered sawmill. Sawmills were first made in 1420 in Europe.
Conflicts In the New England Region, there were a lot of conflicts. Most of the arguments and battles were against the Native Indians. One of the largest conflict was the King Phillip’s War also known as Metacomet’s War. The war started in June 1675 and ended in April 1678. The war started when the Native Indian’s leader, Massasoit died and his son took his place. The Indians started to reconsider their trust on the colonists. They thought about it and started a revolution. The war ended with the victory of the colonists.
A Musket
Daily Life Entertainment Children in colonies sometimes make their own toys, including balls, marbles, kites, and dolls. They also play hopscotch, leapfrog, London Bridge, tea sets, and toy soldiers. Adults in colonies sometimes hunt for entertainment and sometimes they watch shows and horseracing. Currency Usually, colonists doesn’t have any money. Most of the time, instead of money, they changed goods directly without money. The colonists get whatever money they can get. A lot of money their was made out of gold or silver. Education
A simple hopscotch pattern
Children learned a lot of lessons. Fathers teach their sons how to do their jobs, while mothers teach their daughters how to do housework. Some children learn what their parents do as a job, while some children learns from people that are good at the subject that they are learning. Some families wanted their children to learn at home, but the rich ones can afford tutors to teach their children.
Fire/ Light Clothes People wear different clothes from today. Clothes changed from a lot. when days pass by.Men wear breeches, long coats, frock coats, and shoes that are called buckles. Young children wear dresses. Boys wear dresses until they are seven years old. People wear different clothes from today. People wear different clothes.
People needed fire to survive that time, just like people need food to survive. Fire is heart to kitchens because people need fire to cook. Fire is used for study rooms, kitchens, reading, and doing chore. People at that time needed fire for winter. People will sit beside the fire to warm up at winter times. Fireplaces are high and deep; many foods are cooked at the same time. Fire also helps food get better when the food started to rotten up.
Houses
Tools
The people who lived in New England there built wattle-and-daub cabins. They use logs, frames, and branches to built houses. In the house there is a fire in the middle if the cabin and hole on the roof and people had fort in their gardens. They build forts in front of their house.
Tools are very important in life, even for life right now. people use it for probably everyday. Tools are things that you can work with your hands. Tools are used for build are used for building house (mostly), cooking, machines, and many other things. Some examples of tools are pitsaw, nail, hammer, stones. Tools can be wooden, metal, or iron.
The people who arrived later had to built houses in the woods. They had to cut down trees, clear out stones that is on the floor and use trees for furniture.
This is a frock coats men wear
Food Colonial Americans usually make there own food or they buy it. Some people in the Colonial America ate food that was planted by the farmers because they didn’t have enough money to buy food that rich eat those days. The Royal Governor of Virginia ate quite differently from the first Pilgrim settlers and the West Indians laboring in Philadelphia's cook shops. The foods that they ate were crops (crops were for people with small amount of money) or complete meals (complete meals were for rich). Some of the crops were corn, grain, fruits, and vegetables. They baked bread and they made there own cheese.
Drink Chocolate was a popular drink for all ages but it was original from Mexico. The beverage was simple to prepare with cocoa beans. As Americans moved further into the eighteenth century, chocolate and coffeehouses became popular in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia. The taste of coffees, teas, and chocolates was super good for kids and adults. Today's beverages are a little bit more expensive and easier to find. They also invented a drink called “Bloody Mary” it’s made out of tomato juice and vodka (it was not for kids it was just for adults) They also drank a lot of beer and wine. Water was also really hard to find those days.
These are two colonial chefs cooking special dishes.
These are some examples of the crops that they ate.
Glossary Fort---high wall Wattle and daub---small houses Frock coat---long coats Chervil---a type of herb Hyssop---another type of herb Pantry---a storage for food, drink, and dishes Colonist---people in the colonial times Recover--- To heal from sickness. Injected--- to force into a passage, cavity Revolution---complete and forcible overthrow
Cited Sources Black Death: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death
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King Phillip: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Philip
Images:
Musket: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musket
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Technology: http://admin.bhbl.neric.org/~mmosall/ushistory/ textbook/Chapter%203%20Colonial%20Way%20of%20Life/ ch%203%20sect%202%20NE%20and%20Middle %20Colonies.pdf
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Borders http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scafell_Pike http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fens
Rat Flea That is Known To Cause The Black Death: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/ Xenopsylla_cheopis_flea_PHIL_2069_lores.jpg http://www.history.org/Almanack/images/ slavestofieldscgrove.jpg http://www.utcourts.gov/lawlibrary/blog/Hopscotch.JPG http://img1.etsystatic.com/020/1/6362075/il_570xN. 473431175_slww.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/ Arlington_House_-_looking_south_at_Flower_Garden__2011.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/ Fens_Pools_Middle_Pool_3.jpg
About The Authors The authors who wrote this book are Kai, Kate, Emilio, Shannon, Annica, and Daniel. This is something about the authors you might want to know about. Shannon is from Singapore and Malaysia and she loves love draw in every way. Kate is from Taiwan and loves to horseback ride in her free time. Emilio is from Mexico and Spain, he loves to draw and play soccer. Kai is from Japen and loves to swim. Annica is from Shanghai and loves to swim too. Last but not least Daniel is from Hong Kong and love to make cool things. So these are the authors who wrote this book and we, the authors wish you enjoy this book we made.
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