The London Chronicle stated many “facts” about the English colonies. The Chronicle’s headlines claimed that farmers send hours playing cards, and that unemployment has risen in the colonies. These claims simply aren’t true. It is time to separate fact from fiction. This is what colonial life is really like.
Nine out of ten colonists live on farms. Farmers spend the entire day working, and they wake up early. They used saws and axes to cut down trees for timbers and flat planks. Those planks are used to build houses, barns, and fences. Besides cutting wood, they also have to feed animals, tend to crops, and most dangerous of all, cook. Farmers had hardly any free time, let alone several hours of time to play cards.
Only one in 20 colonists
Nine out of ten colonists live on farms. Farmers spend the entire day working, and they wake up early. They used saws and axes to cut down trees for timbers and flat planks. Those planks are used to build houses, barns, and fences. Besides cutting wood, they also have to feed animals, tend to crops, and most dangerous of all, cook. Farmers had hardly any free time, let alone several hours of time to play cards.
Only one in 20 colonists