The Colonies · Daily Life

Daily Life

How the colonists lived — the farms and towns, the churches and schools, and the families and food of colonial America.

How the Colonists Lived

Daily Life in the Colonies

Most colonists farmed — the rhythms of planting and harvest.

The growing colonial port towns and their bustling life.

Schooling, literacy and learning in the colonies.

The churches and faiths that shaped colonial life.

Home, marriage and family in colonial America.

What the colonists ate and how they prepared it.

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