SETTING
The setting was based in Colonial Virginia (George Washington and John Parke Custis are the only two people in the story that are from Colonial Virginia).
Most Americans talked with a british accent during the revolutionary war. Mainly because a lot of the Americans came from Britain.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
George Washington did not wear a wig. Even though wigs were fashionable, Washington kept his own hair, which he wore long and tied back in a queue, or ponytail. Washington did, however, powder his hair which was the custom of the time.
KING GEORGE III
King George III would usually wear georgian men’s coats. George III started his reign au naturel with his own hair pulled back in a queue. The wig makers feared that the king’s choice …show more content…
Many of these people were farmers or planters who lived and worked on small farms of less than two hundred acres. A relatively small number of Virginians were wealthy planters or merchants, and only about two percent of the population lived in Virginia’s few small towns or cities like York, Norfolk, Richmond, Williamsburg, or Fredericksburg. About 200,000 of the people living in Virginia were enslaved African Americans most of whom worked in tobacco fields for white masters. A small farmer living in Virginia about the time of the American Revolution was probably concerned mainly with surviving and trying to improve the lives of himself and his family. Whether he was a recent immigrant from England, Scotland, Ireland, or Germany, or a native Virginian, he probably hoped to improve his life by earning enough money to secure more land and nicer possessions. The main conflict that affected these people was war.
WHAT DID COLONIAL VIRGINIA LOOK LIKE?
The Virginia colony goes all the way back to about the 1500s. It has many plantations there. Lots of slaves worked in Colonial Virginia. Many houses were there. Many people worked here and this was the main where George Washington and his stepson John Parke Custis lived.
SOCIAL
The setting was based in Colonial Virginia (George Washington and John Parke Custis are the only two people in the story that are from Colonial Virginia).
Most Americans talked with a british accent during the revolutionary war. Mainly because a lot of the Americans came from Britain.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
George Washington did not wear a wig. Even though wigs were fashionable, Washington kept his own hair, which he wore long and tied back in a queue, or ponytail. Washington did, however, powder his hair which was the custom of the time.
KING GEORGE III
King George III would usually wear georgian men’s coats. George III started his reign au naturel with his own hair pulled back in a queue. The wig makers feared that the king’s choice …show more content…
Many of these people were farmers or planters who lived and worked on small farms of less than two hundred acres. A relatively small number of Virginians were wealthy planters or merchants, and only about two percent of the population lived in Virginia’s few small towns or cities like York, Norfolk, Richmond, Williamsburg, or Fredericksburg. About 200,000 of the people living in Virginia were enslaved African Americans most of whom worked in tobacco fields for white masters. A small farmer living in Virginia about the time of the American Revolution was probably concerned mainly with surviving and trying to improve the lives of himself and his family. Whether he was a recent immigrant from England, Scotland, Ireland, or Germany, or a native Virginian, he probably hoped to improve his life by earning enough money to secure more land and nicer possessions. The main conflict that affected these people was war.
WHAT DID COLONIAL VIRGINIA LOOK LIKE?
The Virginia colony goes all the way back to about the 1500s. It has many plantations there. Lots of slaves worked in Colonial Virginia. Many houses were there. Many people worked here and this was the main where George Washington and his stepson John Parke Custis lived.
SOCIAL