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A merchant's wife did everything any wife did. She kept the house, cooked the meals, had children and raised them, made and mended clothing. She might have had and tended the garden, a cow, a pig and/or a lamb; maybe even a goat. She worked with her husband as well; caring for the store when he was gone. She might have spun thread, made candles, and other items. If the family was rich enough to own a slave or two, she may have directed the slaves activities.
She was every bit as busy as a modern women without any modern appliances. In addition she risked dying in child birth because the germ theory was not understood until the latter part of the 19th Century. (However, chances improved if she had a midwife attended her as midwives, in general, at least washed their hands.
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How did some colonial merchants get around the Navagaion acts?
Smuggling
What were the colonial demands after the Tea act?
Colonial merchants immediately called for a new boycott of British goods.
How did triangular trade affect colonial economies?
The colonial merchants benefited positively by the triangular trade. Several merchants, particularly those in Rhode Island, took the place of Europe in the triangle.
Why did colonial assemblies and newspaper took up this cry?
Colonial merchants, who often traded in smuggled goods, reacted with anger.
Who were the people at the top of colonial new England's urban society?
The people at the top of colonial New England's urban society were MERCHANTS.
Which group of people had more reason to resist the tea act of 1773 colonial tea merchants or colonial tea drinkers?
tea merchants
What did the upper class of colonial cities most often include?
Wealthy merchants
Which group of people had more reason to resist the rea act of 1773 colonial tea merchants or colonial tea drinkers?
Colonial tea merchants had more reason to resist the tea act. The new law allowed the East Indian company to sell tea directly to the colonial shopkeepers at lower prices than the merchants, without being taxed, and the merchants lost a lot of money.
How did some colonial merchants get around the Navagaion acts?
Smuggling
Where did colonial merchants get their goods?
it was a triangle from USA to Austrailla and England
What were the colonial demands after the Tea act?
Colonial merchants immediately called for a new boycott of British goods.
How did triangular trade affect colonial economies?
The colonial merchants benefited positively by the triangular trade. Several merchants, particularly those in Rhode Island, took the place of Europe in the triangle.
How did merchants lead to the establishment of colonies?
Colonial Merchants were people that sold sugar, spices, and other goods to people living in the colonies. A colonial merchant was very beneficial in forming the colonies because with out the merchants there would be no one to supply the settlers with there goods.
The people at the top of colonial New englands urban sociaty were?
merchants.
What kind of jobs did people in colonial Massachusetts have?
lumbering, sailors, and merchants
Which group replaced the ministers as leaders of public opinion?
colonial Merchants
Why did colonial assemblies and newspaper took up this cry?
Colonial merchants, who often traded in smuggled goods, reacted with anger.
