https://padlet.com/mthompson111/780rc9z05iu7 Life in the 1780’s and 90’s en-us 2020-01-02 14:24:35 UTC 2020-01-03 15:27:50 UTC hello@padlet.com mthompson111 https://padlet.com/mthompson111/780rc9z05iu7/wish/427313722 •  Women shared dangers with men of clearing the field and raising crops
•  Women had less opinions
•  The wealthier people had larger houses with more imported furniture and were made from more durable materials. 
•  Many houses were shared by extended families due to people being widowed or orphaned. 
•  Economically men had much more power than women. 
•  Education was rare because there was not a lot of time and there weren't many available teachers.
•  Most people had simple lessons but richer people had more intricate lessons. 
•  Lush grass and cane were unable to be cut by standard wooden plows so they used deforestation instead. 
•  People could clear six acres of land per year by debarking trees and burning bushes. 
 • Rich farmers had up to 1,200 acres of land to farm on, but poor farmers, who had under 30 acres, had trouble with having enough food to feed their family and still make profits. ]]> 2020-01-02 14:24:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mthompson111/780rc9z05iu7/wish/427313722 mthompson111 https://padlet.com/mthompson111/780rc9z05iu7/wish/427313723 •  Virginia farmers relied on slaves
•  Slaves were assigned 3 acres at most of tobacco
•  Slaves were leased from owner to owner
•  most slaves worked from sunrise to sunset
•  it's hard to find wives and husbands
•  some families were split up
•  slept in small cabins
•  not well educated
•  Men helped with building and repairing typically, everyone worked in fields
•  Slaves got Sundays after work to tend to themselves
•  Slaves got their own gardens they could use to grow crops to sell
•  Slaves rarely got time to see their families, but they'd spend whatever free time they had with family, making music, or telling stories]]> 2020-01-02 14:24:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mthompson111/780rc9z05iu7/wish/427313723 mthompson111 https://padlet.com/mthompson111/780rc9z05iu7/wish/427313724 •  Children started to do chores early in life
•  Most children were home schooled
•  Boys were often taught reading, writing, math, and running the farm, among other things
•  Girls were often taught house keeping, laundry, cooking, knitting, and child bearing, as well as other things
•  Some older children worked with tradesmen as apprentices
•  Children did many chores
•  The number of chores undertaken by the children would increase and the kinds of chores changed as children grew older]]> 2020-01-02 14:24:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mthompson111/780rc9z05iu7/wish/427313724 mthompson111 https://padlet.com/mthompson111/780rc9z05iu7/wish/427313725 •  managed the house
•  raise the children 
•  helped their husbands with crops 
•  helped their husbands grow tobacco
•  In the spring and summer they plant herbs 
• They tend a kitchen garden  
•  Women harvested, dried, and stored fruit 
•  They taught the children
•  They prepared meals for the family ]]> 2020-01-02 14:24:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mthompson111/780rc9z05iu7/wish/427313725 mthompson111 https://padlet.com/mthompson111/780rc9z05iu7/wish/427313726 •  Raise tobacco
•  plant seeds in winter
•  transplant seeds in springs
•  worm, weed, and tend to the plants in the summer
•  harvested and dried in the fall 
•  Around the farm labor improvements
•  Hunted for food and protection of crops
• civic duties
• gathered to "keep peace" from ages 16-60 in what is called Militia units where they fought slave rebellions and Indians if necessary. 
• exchanged their goods 
• Packed their tabacco]]> 2020-01-02 14:24:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mthompson111/780rc9z05iu7/wish/427313726