Title: Daily Life in Colonial New England
Headings: DAILY LIFE IN 17th CENTURY COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND
DAILY LIFE IN 17th CENTURY COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND
Homes in Colonial New England
Colonial Food and Drink
Clothing in Colonial New England
Work in Colonial New England
17th Century Medicine

Content: With breeches, it was rather like a three-piece suit. Men were now clean-shaven and they wore wigs. Women wore a linen garment called a shift. Over it they wore long dresses. The dress was in two parts the bodice and the skirt. Sometimes women wore two skirts. The upper skirt was gathered up to reveal an underskirt. Women in the 17th century did not wear panties. Work in Colonial New England
Most people in New England lived by farming. It was back breaking work and usually lasted from dawn to dusk.