Description: The life of people when colonies were being formed in America, their profession, culture etc
Life in Colonial America
People moved from Europe to America
- Colonies in Maine
- Colonies in Georgia
Reasons for moving from Europe
- Cheaper Land
- Religious Freedom
- To serve a jail term
- Opportunities
- Brought to America as indentured servants
- Brought in as slaves
Occupation in Colonies
- Farming
Other features of colonial life
- Raised & grew their food
- Made their own clothes
- Built farms with own tools
- Made their own medicines
- Traded excess material with neighbors, no wastage