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What is a colonist?
a person who comes from another country and settles in a new area
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What did most of the houses smell like?
smoke and sweat
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What is a chamber pot?
a pot used for using the bathroom that was dumped each day
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Why did colonials rarely bathe?
they thought water was unhealthy
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When did the colonist begin coming to America?
1600s
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What did colonist bring on the ship for eating?
dried fruit and vegetables
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What was smallpox?
a disease that was spread easily
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What are nits?
eggs laid by lice
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How did colonist first build their shelters?
tied poles and branches together
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What is hardtack?
a rock-hard cracker
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What disease did mosquitoes spread?
yellow fever
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How did the colonists wash their clothes in the winter?
the didn't
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What happened to the colonist who dug cave-like homes?
bugs, mice, and snakes dug their way in
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Where did colonist use the bathroom?
in an outhouse
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What was bloodletting?
treatment thought to cleanse blood by making a patient bleed
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In 1776, how many colonies declared independence from Great Britain?
13
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How did colonist make mattresses?
stuffed them with rags and cornhusks
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What did colonists use as toilet paper?
corn cobs
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Why were fish sometimes tied to a person's feet?
as a treatment for an illness
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What disease causes causes chills, fever, and pimples that scar?
smallpox
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