Life

Life

People came to Colonial America to escape crime and buglers. Soon they learned that life would be much harder in the Colonies then they ever thought.The wilderness, the hard work, food, and also the way they live.

The first thing all the Europeans noticed was the wilderness , there was few towns. They weren’t use to earning their food, there wasn’t a shop across the street to get food you had to plant your own food and hunt your own food. There were many big families in the colonies, which is good because you needed a lot of people to help earn food and plant crops.

In colonial times if you were a married woman you would be called a “Goodwife” instead of Ms. This still meant they were respected to.This Doesn’t mean you didn’t work as hard as the other women. You would still care for the ill slaves and care for the children. You would do the laundry, make meals, care for the children. The unmarried women had more opportunity. They can be anything they wanted to be because they didn’t have to care for the children and slaves or make food and do laundry. Not many women weren't married because they came from England in families.

In big families the father was the one who made all the choices, he was the leader of the family.Women slaves were not allowed to be in politics, free black men and white men were the only people allowed in politics. A big thing in the colonies was horse racing, it was so big that some of the slaves masters allowed there slaves to ride too. Women were not allowed to play in any sports.