Colonial Life
The Hard Life of the Colonists
Introduction
The Brittans that sailed over o America had a very particular lifestyle in their new colony. Since growing corn was a daily task for colonists, it was found in most of their meals. The settlers wore the same hand made clothes every day. The laws were embarrassing,uncomfortable, sometimes deadly and most of all they were really weird. The life of a colonist was interesting and hard, they ate disgusting dirty food, worked all day, wore uncomfortable clothes, had to pay high taxes and had to follow every rule that the colony had.
What They Ate
Bread
Bread was also found in most colonial meals, due to the amount of wheat that they grow and because it was easy to make.
Meals
Most colonial meals looked like this.
Corn
Corn was most often found in meals.
Clothing
Imagine having to hand sew and dye all of your clothes. If it sounds bad, think about how the colonists had to do that. Not to mention that the clothes were tight and uncomfortable. Women wore colorful dresses. They dyed them from berries they collected in the woods. They wore bonnets everyday and their hair was always covered. Babies on the other hand wore dresses called puddings. They had a pillow like cushion around their waists so that when they fell, they landed on the pudding and not on their bottom. It helped them so they would not get injured if they fell. The way they made clothes and the kinds of clothes they wore were entirely different than todays manufacturing procedures and clothing types and styles.
Laws
Hanging
Even though it killed the settlers, hanging was a normal and humane punishment.
Whipping post
The whipping post was very harsh and cruel. Most people that got a punishment on the whipping post got big gashes on their backs from the thick rope that was used to whip them.
Pillory
The colonists were allowed to throw food at the person accused. Unlike the stocks, where the person's feet were stuck, in the pillory, the person's head and arms were stuck.