Patrick Henry Patrick Henry gave the famous “Give me Liberty or Give me Death” speech. John Adams John Adams signed the Declaration of Independence. Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity. George Washington George Washington became Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.

New England Colonies Massachusetts Connecticut New Hampshire Rhode Island Middle Colonies New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Southern Colonies Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia

If you were poor you would live in a dugout or whatever you could get. If you were middle class you would live in a 1 or 2 room house and sometimes an attic. If you were rich and you lived in the south you would have a large plantation, and slaves.

People ate a lot of corn. If you lived by the sea you ate lobsters and clams. If you lived more inland you would eat rabbits, squirrels, bears, deer, fruit and vegetables.

In colonial times children would play: Board games Puzzles Cards Rolling hoops A game of ninepins

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