What was social life like in the colony New Hampshire?

Answer 1

Textile arts such as spinning, knitting, weaving, quilting, braiding and hooking rugs, crocheting, and tatting lace, have been a part of daily life in New Hampshire since Colonial times. In the days of early settlement, these skills were a necessity for keeping people warm indoors and outdoors during the long winters. They also brought color, comfort and beauty into the home.
Homesteads in colonial New Hampshire were made up of farms scattered across the countryside. Mills, craft shops and taverns were located on people's farms.
The economic and social life of the Seacoast revolved around sawmills, shipyards, merchant's warehouses, and established village and town centers.
the Puritans created self-governing communities and religious congregations composed of independent landowning farmers, or yeomen, and their families. The Puritan political leadership granted large areas of land to groups of male settlers, known as the proprietors, who then divided the land among themselves. Men of higher social standing usually received larger portions, but every male received enough land to support a family. Equally important, every male had a voice in the town meeting. As the main institution of local government, the town meeting levied taxes, built roads, and elected officials to manage town affairs.

Answer 2

The Household

• Colonists lived in log homes with open fireplaces so large that keeping a full log supply was nearly a daylong job, which a family's boys would typically perform. Women cooked over the fire, suspending pots and kettles over the flames with chains, and they would bake in stoves that were embedded into the fireplace's chimney.

The Town

• The town was the center of New Hampshire's colonial life. Colonists valued education and after 1647, New Hampshire law required that every town of 50 householders or more had a schoolhouse. Church was an important center of town life and all colonists were expected to attend services. If their attention flagged or they fell asleep, the church's tithing-man would strike them with a brass-tipped staff.

Trades

• Colonists' farms were mainly for their own personal subsistence and they relied on trades that included fishing, shipbuilding and commerce for their livelihood. Hunting and trapping provided pelts and meat, and almost every man learned some carpentry to provide basic household furnishings and repairs.

Answer 3

The social life in colonial New Hampshire revolved around,sawmills,shipyards,merchants warehouses,and established village and town centers.