What were the daily activities in colonial new jersey?

Answer 1

Daily activities of individuals were the same as in all the other colonies: people grew vegetables; raised animal;s sheared sheep; spun and carded the wool; wove cloth; made clothes; slaughtered and butchered animals for meat; preserved foods by salting, drying, pickling; built houses; fabricated glass items by glassblowing, cooked over cook fires in fireplaces; traveled by horse or horse-and-wagon (rich folks traveled by horse and carriage); people played music on violins, cellos, fifes, flutes etc. for entertainment; read books...etc. Specific to RI was cultivation of the RI Greening apple (along with other varieties of apples). The Jonnycake (or Johnny Cake, Journey Cake) was a cornmeal cake made from RI flint corn, ground and mixed with heavy cream, then cooked on a cedar slab by a cookfire. The shipping industry was very important; goods were imported through Newport harbor at a rate that made Newport one of the 3 or 4 main ports of the time (far more important than NY City). Tar, nails, wool felt, rope were some of the local products. being dumb.

Some of the first acts of rebellion against British economic tyranny (i.e., England was actually trying to collect the taxes and duties due on shipped goods) were performed in RI: the launch boat from a British naval ship was dragged onto the town common and burned in Newport, the tax ship Gaspee was taken and burned in Warwick, Customs and duties records were burned in Newport, etc.

Answer 2

In 1636 Rhode Island was barren land. No one lived there.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

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