What was life like in Colonial New Hampshire?

Answer 1

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 2

The kind of people that lived in the New England Colonies were Puritans and Pilgrims.

The Puritans and Pilgrims came to America to avoid religious persecution in England

Answer 3

1. some famous people like martin luter king, Barbara bush,Rosa park,Laura bush,like president

Answer 4

Indians, English, Europeans