What were living conditions and quality of life like?

• 1. Wooden huts

• a. Clapboard

• b. Thatched roofs

• c. Oil paper for windows

• d. Logs and plaster for chimneys

A. Early 17th

Century

• 1. Stone and brick

• a. “keeping room”

• b. Thatched roof banned – risk of fire

• c. Carpet draped over tables –too expensive to put on floors

• d. Dutch (New Amsterdam) build homes like those from old world

B. Late 17th

Century

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• 1. food: corn – main staple – used to make bread, mush, succotash

• Drink: water not safe, use corn to make alcohol, beer and cider common

A. Early 17th

Century

• 1. food: rye, wheat barley, vegetables , stew (when meat available)

• Drink: wine and brandy for wealthy, rum for common folk

B. Late 17th

Century

• 1. Small farms in north and south

• 2. Few slaves

• 3. Tobacco farms in VA.

A. Early 17th

Century

• 1. Large plantations developing in the south

• 2. Slave ownership more common in the south

B. Late 17th

Century

• 1. Carpenters

• 2. Millers

• 3. Tanners

• 4. Coopers

• 5. Blacksmiths

• 6. apothecaries

C. Types of Work

What were living conditions and quality of life like?