Daily life in Connecticut
Life in the New England Colonies was hard. Every family member that could walk helped with the chores. Even though the colonies had poor soil most people farmed. Most farms were either too small or too poor to have African slaves.
Before the farm was used they had to cut down the trees and use them to make the house and the farm yard; like fences and the barn, of course.
Families grew a variety of plants like: corn, rye, peas, squash, and pumpkins. The animals they rose were: chickens, sheep, cows, and pigs. On the farm the men did the hunting and planting. The women made clothes, candles, soap, corn meal, preserved vegetables and meat, and did the cooking.
Before the farm was used they had to cut down the trees and use them to make the house and the farm yard; like fences and the barn, of course.
Families grew a variety of plants like: corn, rye, peas, squash, and pumpkins. The animals they rose were: chickens, sheep, cows, and pigs. On the farm the men did the hunting and planting. The women made clothes, candles, soap, corn meal, preserved vegetables and meat, and did the cooking.