Hi, I'm Claire and I am a citizen of England but I have decided to travel over to the colonies to see what their life is like. I have visited for eight and a half months now so I have gotten the gist of how life is lived here.
First of all, I find it quite weird how they have their class system set up. Instead of having their classes born into, they have to use their knowledge and talent to work themselves up or marry someone of the higher class. Also, what the colonists wear shows how high their class is. Unfortunately, the colonies do have slaves and are from West Africa. They are bought and sold and used mainly for farming tobacco and sugar.
Almost all farms here grow corn and is a very important part of their lives, they were taught how to grow and cook corn by the Indians and eat it with every meal. …show more content…
Not everyone has to be the same religion and the practices aren’t as strict. Puritans, the majority, worship on Sundays for up to five hours. But lately, priests have been traveling from colony to colony trying to retrieve the “power of god” because has gone missing, some people are calling this the “Great Awakening.” I haven’t been here very long but compared to back home, there is zero “power of god” here.
The rights of the colonists are the same as in England. People are elected to represent the citizens and make the decisions. Crimes are punished depending on the level of seriousness. If it is a small crime like drunkenness or working or traveling on worship days, it can be punished by paying a fine or public humiliation. If it is a medium crime like robbery, jailing, whipping, or branding with a hot iron are some of the consequences. Lastly, large crimes like murder are punished by death.
Even though I haven’t lived in the colonies very long, I really like it here! After the go back home and tell everyone about the life here, I might come back to live here permanently. I feel like these colonies could soon be something
First of all, I find it quite weird how they have their class system set up. Instead of having their classes born into, they have to use their knowledge and talent to work themselves up or marry someone of the higher class. Also, what the colonists wear shows how high their class is. Unfortunately, the colonies do have slaves and are from West Africa. They are bought and sold and used mainly for farming tobacco and sugar.
Almost all farms here grow corn and is a very important part of their lives, they were taught how to grow and cook corn by the Indians and eat it with every meal. …show more content…
Not everyone has to be the same religion and the practices aren’t as strict. Puritans, the majority, worship on Sundays for up to five hours. But lately, priests have been traveling from colony to colony trying to retrieve the “power of god” because has gone missing, some people are calling this the “Great Awakening.” I haven’t been here very long but compared to back home, there is zero “power of god” here.
The rights of the colonists are the same as in England. People are elected to represent the citizens and make the decisions. Crimes are punished depending on the level of seriousness. If it is a small crime like drunkenness or working or traveling on worship days, it can be punished by paying a fine or public humiliation. If it is a medium crime like robbery, jailing, whipping, or branding with a hot iron are some of the consequences. Lastly, large crimes like murder are punished by death.
Even though I haven’t lived in the colonies very long, I really like it here! After the go back home and tell everyone about the life here, I might come back to live here permanently. I feel like these colonies could soon be something