Title: Clothing and Fashion in the 13 Colonies - The 13 Colonies for Kids
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Clothing in the New England Colonies:
Explore Fashion in the 13 Colonies
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Content: Things were different in the south. Like people in the north, the earliest settlers were busy trying to survive. In these early days, clothes were as simple as possible. Women wore cotton dresses and petticoats. Girls wore cotton dresses. Men wore breeches to the knee, a shirt, a hat and boots or shoes. As the plantations developed, woman with leisure time began to ape the styles that were popular back in England. They were usually behind the times, and sometimes completely wrong, as their gowns were based on letters and pictures, but they tried. For the most part, the men stayed with their breeches and boots, as usual. Explore Fashion in the 13 Colonies
Clothing (interactive)
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