Riyaa Sri Ramanathan - 2019 Colonial Ebook Published Copy CHOICE 4

Welcome to the
13 colonies!!

By:
Riyaa Sri Ramanathan

Table of Contents

Say HI to the Thirteen Colonies!!..................................................
Welcome to the town!...............................................................................
Inside the Houses……………………………………………………………………………….
Eat and Make………………………………………………………………………………………
Learn and Learn………………………………………………………………………………
Fancy Clothing……………………………………………………………………………………
Go to Play………………………………………………………………………………………………
Go to the Doctor………………………………………………………………………………
Colonists Betrayal………………………………………………………………………...
Glossary…………………………………………………………………………………………………
Bibliography…………………………………………………………………………………………

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Say HI to the 13 Colonies!!

Do you know that there were only Another big question was that, why did
thirteen states instead of fifty states back these colonists leave their own country and
then? The 13 states were called the thirteen come to another one? There were many
colonies. answers to this question. Some people
migrated for money and others came for a
A colonie was a place that was owned by new and fresh start. People also started
a person from another country. The 13 coming to claim land for their country.
colonies were owned by King George III. Any Very few of the colonists came because their
colonie can be owned by a king, queen, or a religion was not accepted in Europe.
government. King George III was from
England. I hope you learned about the life in the
13 colonies.
When the colonists first arrived from
their home country, their life was really
hard. America was new and there was

nothing build for survival. The only people

that were there when they arrived were the

Indians. So, the colonists who arrived had to

build houses, churches, marketplaces, The map of

townhouses etc. They also had to grow farms,

the 13

plantations, and gardens in the back of their

houses. colonies.

Click here to Welcome to the Town
learn more on
colonial towns.

Now we have learned about the 13 There were also shops in the colonies.
colonies but what were each town like?? The shops sell different things like, tools,
There were many different things in each candles, clothing, paper etc. Some shops
colonial town. This includes the houses, the were often specialized in one thing like
town jail, shops, taverns, churches, the post making wigs, selling medicine, stitching
office, the coffee shop, and the market
square. Let’s talk about how they spent time clothes etc.
in these places.
Let’s talk about the taverns now.
The houses is where the colonists lived. The taverns were places where people
There would be many people living in each would get drinks and food. The men would
house. They would cook and sleep in one room. also meet in the taverns after their jobs
to discuss about politics.
The town jail was also called the
“goal”. The word goal means jail. This is the The churches must be in a colonie no
place where people received punishment for matter what. The churches where located
the cruel acts they did. Prisoners can be in the center of the town. The churches in
people who are thieves, runaway slaves etc. colonial times were very simple buildings.

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The post office back then was A picture of the
used to send mail to other people and colonial town with the
other towns. The post office was a people walking down the
great place to get the latest news and road.
learn the politics around your
neighborhood.

Now it is time to talk about the
coffee shops!! The coffee shop, as you
know, was where the men would drink
things like, coffee, tea, and chocolate.
It was a really nice time back then to
drink things like this.

The last thing from our big list
of things in the town is the market
square. The market square was were
the colonists would trade and buy
goods. The market square was also
were the people would celebrate
holidays like Christmas and
Thanksgiving. We will talk more about
this in chapter 7.

I think you got plenty of
information on colonial towns!!!

Click here to Inside the Houses
learn more about
the houses in
colonial town

Since you know about the Their living room and kitchen was
colonial towns and the 13 colonies, called the Parlor and Pantry. Your living
let’s talk about the houses and what room and your kitchen may just be called
where in them. the same. The parlor was the kitchen and
the pantry was called the living room in
The houses in the colonial times the modern times.
were big and many families lived in
each one of them but in your houses, Your toilet was not outside your
there may be only one family. house but the colonists had to go out of
the house to go to the toilet. The
You might go and buy furniture bathroom they used were called the
from the store but the colonists that necessary. The toilet was a mile away
lived in the houses back then need to from the house they lived in. The colonists
build their own furniture out of wood. also had chamber pots that they would
The furniture that they had during use at night if it is too dark to go to the
the colonial times were couches, beds, bathroom. The kids had to clean the
tables, chairs etc. chamber pots in the morning before they
go to school.

The colonists also had chamber pots Here you can see
that they would use at night if it is too dark the difference
to go to the bathroom. The kids had to clean between the house
the chamber pots in the morning before they of a normal
go to school. person and the
wealthy.
The last thing you need to know about
the houses is that, the cups, plates, and
saucers were made out of pewter. Back
then, people didn't know that pewter was bad
for them. The people that live now do not
use things that are made out of pewter.

I think now you got a sense of the
differences and similarities between the
houses of the colonial times and the modern
times.

Some Eat and Make
information on
food during the
colonial times.

It is very important to eat. So, let’s After a while, the colonists were
learn about how the colonists made food settled and started making food
and farmed in the colonial times. themselves. They made the food right
at their homes in the fireplace. If
When the colonists first came over, they cooked stew, they hang a pot right
they had no food to eat. So, they had to above the fireplace and boiled it. They
eat the things they took from the ship. usually put meat and dried vegetables
They ate dried fruits and vegetables. If in the stew. They also cooked other
there was any mold in the food they ate, things like bread, cookies, pies etc. The
they would scrape it off and eat the part meat they would eat would be racoons,
that was good. The colonists also brought turtles, pigeons, deers etc. The deer
some bread which was called the Hard meat was called venison. These are
tack. The beatles in the ship would slip into some things about the food the
the holes of the bread. The colonists would colonists ate.
still eat the bread since they were hungry.
Sometimes they would cut it in half and
take the insects out.

The colonists also farmed to make The image on the top is a
food. They would mainly use the slaves to picture of a colonial kitchen
help them farm. The slaves usually and the fireplace.
farmed fruits and vegetables like, squash,
pumpkin, and corn. There may be about 9
to 15 slaves in one farm. They also had
livestock to help them. For example, cows
would give them milk and chickens would
give them eggs to eat. The slaves would
work for about 5 to 10 years and then
would be set free to live their own life.
Sometimes the daughters or sons of the
colonists who owned the slaves farmed
along with them.

This is how the colonists farmed and
made food.

Learn and Learn

The schools back in the colonial times The kids also received loads of
were really different then the schools that punishment. They would get beaten up if
are there now. Let me tell you some facts they did not do the right thing. They
about the schools in the colonial times. could get beaten up by anything. For
example, if they do not memorize the
The schools were only one room and lessons in the hornbook, they would get
they were really small. Kids of all ages beaten up by a branch.
were in each school. They had a book called
the hornbook and it would go home and come These are some facts about schools.
to school. The hornbook contained different
lessons which the children had to memorize. The picture on
the right is a one
The kids also learned different things - room
at different times. For example, when a girl schoolhouse
learns how to write, a boy will learn how to during the
read. Some parents who are wealthy, will colonial times.
make them learn with tution lessons. They
also sometimes took instrument lessons.
(Violin)

Click here to Fancy Clothing Click here to
learn more learn more
about the mens about women's
clothing clothing.

The colonists wore different things Now, let’s learn about men’s clothing.
back in the colonial times. There are plenty The men wore knee-length pants called
of differences and similarities. So, let us breeches. In cold weather, they wore woolen
talk about the clothing. stockings. They also wore vests and jackets
that were made out leather. It might seem
First, let’s talk about the women in the weird to you that they where vests that are
colonial times. The women always wore long sewed with buttons instead of zippers. The
dresses at home. They also wore aprons to men also wore wooden shoes like the women
keep the dresses clean. You might think this but did not wear leather shoes. This is the
is boring because you wear different things only difference between modern times and
like, pants, dresses, jeans, shirt etc. The colonial times in the respective of men.
women also wore wooden shoes throughout
the day while you normally wear leather These are some facts about women and
shoes, sports shoes, heels etc. They also men clothing.
might have leather shoes on.

These are the clothing for women.

Go to Play

The people in the colonial times also They have to move the coins through
played many games like us. This includes the board. If you land on a snake, you
Hopscotch, snakes and ladders, Nine pins, have to restart. If you land on a ladder,
leapfrog etc. They also did other things you climb it. Whoever reaches the last
like, music, dance etc. They also had fun spot first, wins the game. Nine pins is like
ways of celebrating holidays. So, let’s bowling but instead of nine pins, there are
talk about all of these things in this 10 pins. You play until somebody knocks
slide. down all the nine pins. Leap frog is where
you leap like a frog. These are some of
First let’s talk about he games the games they used to play.
they played. I listed the games in the
introduction. The first game is This is the old
Hopscotch. Hopscotch is a game were a version of snakes
person has to jump from numbers one to and ladders in the
ten. If they land on the wrong box, they colonial times.
loose. You have to jump with two feet
then one foot. You have to switch
between the two. Snakes and ladders is a
board game.

Now let’s talk about music and dance. The colonists celebrated holidays in
The colonists relaxed themselves by an enthusiastic way. The two favourite
dancing and singing. The parents used to holidays of all was Thanksgiving and
sing lullabies and songs to kids so that Christmas. During Christmas the women
they could sleep. They also had family used to shoot pots in the sky which contained
time where they would sing, dance, and different types of coloured powder. When
have fun. the pots hit a distance, they shoot the
powder which creates a beautiful scenery.
The rich people also set up parties The men would make fireworks and shoot it
in ballrooms. They would play instruments into the sky after the women shoot the pots.
and dance with their families. Some people Sometimes after the fireworks, the name of
even opted to sing alone which is called a the holiday will light up in the sky!!
solo. These are some facts about the
singing and dancing in the colonial times. This is how the colonists have fun
during the colonial times.

This is how it looks
after the women and
the men shoot the pots
and make the
fireworks. Isn’t it
beautiful?

Work all Day

Boys: The boys had many things to do Girls: The girls usually did the
during the colonial times. They usually chores at home. When they were about 5
helped farming with their father when they years old, they started to learn how to
were about 12 years old. After they started stitch. They would slowly start to stitch
to grow into a teen, they start to learn clothes. When they were about twelve,
hunting. They learn for about an year or so. they would do other things like, help to
Then, they start to go into the wild and make food, wash the clothes etc. When
actually start hunting with the other men. they reach their twenties, they start to
They hunt squirrels, racoons, deer, turtle etc. cook their own food and serve heavy
These are the main chores and work for the feasts. Their job was to serve the whole
boys family food. These are some chores the
girls do in the colonial times.
.

Adults: The adults do different jobs You can see a woman
during the colonial times. The Silversmith working in the fields.
worked with metal silver. They made This is how they do
different jewels like earrings and farming.
necklaces. The brick maker makes bricks
from clay which is used to build shops,
houses etc. The shop printer and binders
printed books and newspapers for people to
read. The surveyors mapped the unexplored
areas in the border of the colonies.
Millers sold fabric jewellery and traded
other goods from colony to colony. Millers
sold fabric jewellery and traded other
goods from colony to colony. The
wigmakers make wigs for the colonists to
wear. Blacksmith made tools from iron to
use for plumbing. The carpenters made
furnitures from wood.

These are the jobs that colonists do in
the colonial times. It was really hard to
work.

Go to the Doctor

What do you think you will do if you Sometimes if you cannot be cured by
were sick in colonial times? You have to go blood letting the doctors inject leeches
to the doctor and ask him for treatment. into the patient’s skin. The patient faints
There are different treatments for but the doctor is not aware of the fact
different injuries. that the patient fainted. They faint
because the leeches drink the blood.
If you have a stomach ache or if you
throw up , you have to eat herbs and special I hope you learnt a lot about the
vegetables to cure the sickness. If you had medicine in colonial times.
major injuries like fracture, broken bones ,
you have to cut that body part off. These are
are some of
The most common illnesses in colonial the herbs
times were smallpox and yellow fever. The that colonists
doctors thought that the bad blood caused use to heal.
the illnesses. The cure is blood letting.
Blood letting means to take the ”bad blood”
out of the body.

You might think that this life was Colonists Betrayal
happy but, slowly after the French and
Indian war, the KIng George III started After that came the quartering and the
taxing the colonists. townshend acts. The quartering acts happened
during the war. Some of the colonists got
He first started the sugar act. The irritated by this time. They had to bring in the
sugar act was were he taxed them in the soldiers that were in the war and feed them
drinks that they bought. their food and also take care of them.

Then, the stamp began. The king After a little while, the colonists became
charged them in the paper they used. This really upset. They protested in lots of
includes the documents, deathpapers, different ways by showing the king that they
newspapers etc. did not want taxes. The king then became mad
and the first fight broke out in Lexington,
After that came the quartering and Massachusetts. The revolutionary war had
the townshend acts. The quartering acts begun!! After many years of fighting, the
happened during the war. Some of the colonists side won and America was a free
colonists got irritated by this time. They had country!!!
to bring in the soldiers that were in the war
and feed them their food and also take care
of them.

1764 1765 1765 1776

The Sugar Act The stamp Act Quartering and The declaration of
Townshend acts independence
The Parliament passed The king charged the
the sugar and molasses act. colonists on any paper The colonists get taxed on The continental congress
they used. (Death Papers) everything and they also wrote the declaration of
get to take care of the independence and America

soldiers in war. was cringy.

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Glossary

Migrated - A group of people who move from one place to another for a better life.
Specialized - Very good and skilled at something
Trade - Importing and Exporting goods from one place to another
Necessary - The name of the toilet during the colonial times
Pewter - A type of metal made out of tin and lead that was used to make utensils
Livestock - A group of farm animals
Tution - Personal coaching or teaching with a teacher or a family member
Stockings - A type of sock that goes all the way up to your knee.
Leeches - A type of worm that sucks the blood of your body