Founding FathersFounding Fathers

James Madison- Fourth president of the United States

John Jay- He was a patriot Benjamin Franklin- invented the lightning rod,

bifocals, and the franklin stove

• Blacksmith- crafters of tools• Carpenter- builders• Gunsmith- masters of forge

RegionsRegions

New England- Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire.

Middle Colonies- New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware.

Southern Colonies- Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia.

FamilyFamily

Their houses were either cabins or small brick houses. The furnishings looked like wooden chairs and tables.

Education/Literature/Music

Education was like practicing on slate boards, reading books, and assembling puzzles.They played fifes, drums, and the bass.

Clothes

The men wore petticoats, cloaks, wigs, breeches, hats, dresses

The women wore dresses and bonnets

Food

They ate basically the same things as we eat today like fish, venison, beef, duck and goose

For vegetables they ate apples , peaches, pears and all sorts of berries.

Tools

Three types of tools they used are saws, chisel, and drawknife.

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