The thirteen Written by: Erin Joy Kelly

The
thirteen

Written by: Erin Joy
Kelly

Table of contents:

1: say hello to the colonies!
2: my parent’s clothing
3: come work with my family and friends
4: come to school with me
5: the colonist rebelled

6: Glossary
7: Bibliography

Say hello to the thirteen

colonies!

A colony is a group of land that was So why did people leave their
owned by a queen, or king in a different hometown to live in a place that they
country. The king of the colonies was king have never been to? Some people came to

George III. The colonies were separated the 13 colonies for freedom from their

into three different parts, the north was king, for adventure, for more money, or

called the new england colonies, the south for more power. When the colonists
was called the southern colonies, and the came life was good, the British let them
middle was called the middle colonies. The live however they wanted, but eventually
colonies were known for different things, the colonist rebelled. come with cole to

the new england colonies were known for find out how the colonist lived and

fishing, the middle colonies were known for more!
good soil to plant, and the southern
colonies were known for good weather for
planting.

The colonies were ruled by the british.
The colonies had no say in the government,
and the colonists had to still live under
british rule. At first living in the colonies
was hard, but then towns grew bigger, and
people got used to the new creatures that
were not living in europe.

My parent’s clothing

My dad wears many things, on his head he
wears a tricorn hat. My Mom wears a bonnet
on her head.

My dad wears an undershirt called a
cravat. My Mom wears something similar, but
it’s different, it’s called the shift the shift was
a dress like a under shirt.

My dad wears over the cravat a waistcoat,
the waistcoat was like a shirt. My Mom wears
over the shift a stay. My Mom says it’s used to
help with posture. She also says it’s very
uncomfortable.

My dad wears over the waistcoat a coat, it
had many buttons. My Mom wears over the stay
a petticoat the petticoat was a skirt that was
seen through the opening of the gown.

Both my Mom and dad wear stockings

At last my Mom wears the gown a
beautiful dress. The opening in the front shows
the petticoat. It’s very beautiful.

Come to school with me!

Now it’s time for me to go to school. School is a
very important thing here. Here’s some things we
learned, arithmetics, cursive/handwriting, and religion. I
know that you learn more than that. you learn math,
science, writing, reading, social studies, and word study.

At school we only have one room, and one
classroom for the whole school, but you have a big
school, and separate classes for different grades. At my
school Mrs.Miracle stands on a podium, but at your
school your teacher stands on the ground.

My friend Rebecca has already left school that’s
because girls leave school once they can read and write
then go home to help the mom, but the boys stay in
school for three years before returning to help the dad.
I know you guys have the same amount of school for
girls and boys, and you have more school.

Also most people got homeschooled, because they
did not have enough money.

Our schools may be different, but we all have one
goal to all do our best, and learn lot’s!

Come work with my family and my

friends! new act the stamp act.

There is many jobs that our colonies have
to help out with. Here’s most of them.

My Dad is a blacksmith he makes iron and
steel for the town. He also sometimes fixes
the iron or steel when it breaks.

My Uncle is a silversmith he makes the
silver wear for the town.

My Dad owns some slaves they work as
brickmakers. My Dads friend Jim works with
them although he is not one of them. They
make bricks for the towns houses.

My grampa is a surveyor. That means he
makes the maps of the colony. He has lived
here a long time, so he knows this place very
well.

My older brother is a printer. He prints
newspapers, and other printed papers. Less
people have been buying them, because of the

More work

My Mom is a apothecary. She helps
people when there sick, but not all the
apothecary’s do that. Their main job is to
make and sell medicines.

My friend, James's dad works as a
cobbler. He makes shoes for everybody,
but not every shoemakers do that some
only make one type of shoe like just
girl shoes or just boy shoes.

James’s Mom is a milliner. She owns
the shop for clothing. She also helps
out with the making of the cloths. Only
girls were milliners.

My grandma is a chalendar. She
makes candles for the town. It’s a really
important job, because unlike you we
don’t have electricity.

My dad says that when I get to be
13 I get to be an apprentice.

The colonist rebelled

You might be wondering well why are we not ruled by After a little bit the king
the british anymore? Well like I said the colonist rebelled, realized that the sugar act money he
but why? was getting was not paying off the
debt, so he made another tax the stamp
There was eventually a war over a piece of land in the act that meant that any paper
colonies. This war was called the french and indian war, including playing cards were taxed.
but the war was mostly the british and french both with Eventually the King went too far. He
native american soldiers to help out. added taxes on almost everything the
colonist needed to survive.
Sense the british provided soldiers that meant after
the war the king was in a lot of debt from all the soldiers That got the colonist super angry
and weapons. that they eventually decided that they
did NOT want to be under british rule
The king had to do something, so he had a plan he would anymore.
just tax all the colonist, so he started small with one tax
called the sugar act. That ment that any sugar was taxed. So after a while the 13 colonies
The colonist were not angry at first. rebelled against the king, and had the
revolutionary war! Then we won!
Fun fact:
Did you know that there Next the colonist had to create a
three branches of new government. They knew how it
government, and did you felt to be ruled by a king. (witch
know that the president is means whatever he says goes.) so that
not the only one making helped them start.
the decisions? All three
branches have equal power.

Schoolhouse Rock Video
music video.

TIMELINE!

The colonist He made a plan The colonist The
had a war to to tax the got angry. colonist
get more colonist. won, and
land. became a
new
country!

The colonist The king was in He raised the The colonist
came to the debt. taxes, because made war with
colonies and the king.
made home. taxes were too
low.

Glossary

Government - a group of people that help make the rules.
Rebelled - to fight against a higher power.
Slaves - people who unwillingly work.
Apprentice - a person learning from a elderly human a job.
Arithmetics - math.
Debt - when somebody needs to pay somebody money, but doesn’t have the
money to pay.

Bibliography

CAPSTONE. WHAT IF YOU LIVED IN COLONIAL
AMERICA? CAPSTONE CLASSROOM, 2013.

Morley, Jacqueline. You Wouldn't Want to Be
an American Colonist! Turtleback Books,
2013.

https://www.ducksters.com/history/colonial_america/