Farming
Fun Facts
*If you lived in Colonial Times you would eat a lot of corn.
*If you lived by the sea you might eat lobsters, clams or other sea food.
*People who did not live by the sea would eat rabbits, squirrels, bear, deer, and other wild game.
*People grew their own fruits and vegetables.
*In Colonial Times people drank a lot of different kinds of drinks.
*Water was not always safe to drink so they drank things like milk, cider or beer.
*Even the children drank beer.
*Rich people ate and drank different things than poor people.
*If you lived by the sea you might eat lobsters, clams or other sea food.
*People who did not live by the sea would eat rabbits, squirrels, bear, deer, and other wild game.
*People grew their own fruits and vegetables.
*In Colonial Times people drank a lot of different kinds of drinks.
*Water was not always safe to drink so they drank things like milk, cider or beer.
*Even the children drank beer.
*Rich people ate and drank different things than poor people.
Farmers that lived in the New England colonies had a hard time growing crops because the soil was not good for growing crops. Another reason it was hard to grow crops was the winters were long and killed most of the crops. New England’s main food was fish because they lived by the ocean.
| Farmers in the Middle colonies grew wheat, barley, oats, rye flax and corn. They were called the "breadbasket" because they grew the crops needed to make bread. They sold wheat and flour to other colonies.
| Farmers in the Southern colonies grew mostly tobacco. Tobacco was mainly grown in Virginia and North Carolina. The Southern colonies like South Carolina and Georgia also grew indigo and rice. The livestock they raised was mostly oxen, cattle, horses, hogs and sheep. The sheep’s wool was used to make cloths.
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