What chores did colonial girls do?

Answer 1

In colonial America (1600s,1700s) most boys did not have chores: they worked. If they lived on a farm they awoke .. got to work feeding animals, tending to crops, had breakfast, continued tending crops or animals, had supper, finished tending farm, washed up (if the day of the week to do so..) and headed for bed. Boys in the city tended to go to work in their father's shop learning his trade (blacksmith, carpenter, cobbler..) and had a similar schedule to the boys on the farm. Education was not universal; depending on the needs of the family, a child might never attend school. Modern day chores are often based around school as a job and any other necessary work scheduled around school.

Answer 2

Yes colonial girls did do chores. Mostly these chores had to do with children or cooking. They swept floors, helped their mother with children and cooking, stitched clothing, and made blankets. They very rarely worked with animals.

Answer 3

Colonial Mothers made the cloths, spun wool, clean up the house, plant, made butter, cook and milk the the cows. I hope my answer is helpful.

Answer 4

What children did depended on where they lived. The colonists were 90% farmers so many children helped on the family farm. The girls would help mom churn butter, sew/mend clothes, carry water in, keep the fire going, cook, clean, feed the farm animals, gather eggs, milk cows, work in the garden, do the wash( that took 3 days) and help take care of the younger children. Families were often big because children died at young ages. Boys would help the father plant crops, cut wood, carry water, fix fences, hunt, mend the house, feed larger animals like horses and cows. The boys could be loaned out as well to the neighbors to work and any money they earned went to the father until they were 21. Town children unless they were wealthy were often in an apprenticeship by the age of 7 so they could learn a trade. If the parents owned a store or were a tradesman they worked with him. There were no teenagers until 1939, so a child by the time they were 13-14 years old were considered grown and expected to earn their way. Girls were often married to older men by 12 years old and mothers by 13-14 years old. Many died in childbirth. Southern children if they were white plantation children had tutoring and lived very well. Often they were raised by a African American nanny who stayed with them until they were older. Boys might go to college and girls were expected to marry.

Answer 5

sweep ,do dishes ,help harvest ,cook ,help with animals ,wash the crops

Answer 6

Colonial men farmed, fished, hunted, mined and tried to be the man of the house.

Answer 7

Gather water from a well, chop wood, milk the cow, tend to the garden, and other household chores.

Answer 8

clothes

Answer 9

Girls were their mother's helpers in housewifery, the art of managing a household. In colonial times that was thought of being an art. Here's what they did:

1. They worked at the spinning wheel. clothes were scares, and they took long to make.

2. Cooking. colonial people looked forward to meals, And they often spent entire afternoons making dinner.

3. Although men and boys did most outdoor chores, girls helped with milking cows.

4. Fixing, or mending, were also common. Almost everything they used they made themselves. And when those things broke they had to be fixed.

5. Another chore was knitting. Girls and boys were taught as soon as they could hold a pear or knitting needles.