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100 What is a colonist? a person who comes from another country and settles in a new area	100 What did most of the houses smell like? smoke and sweat	100 What is a chamber pot? a pot used for using the bathroom that was dumped each day	100 Why did colonials rarely bathe? they thought water was unhealthy
200 When did the colonist begin coming to America? 1600s	200 What did colonist bring on the ship for eating? dried fruit and vegetables	200 What was smallpox? a disease that was spread easily	200 What are nits? eggs laid by lice
300 How did colonist first build their shelters? tied poles and branches together	300 What is hardtack? a rock-hard cracker	300 What disease did mosquitoes spread? yellow fever	300 How did the colonists wash their clothes in the winter? the didn't
400 What happened to the colonist who dug cave-like homes? bugs, mice, and snakes dug their way in	400 Where did colonist use the bathroom? in an outhouse	400 What was bloodletting? treatment thought to cleanse blood by making a patient bleed	400 In 1776, how many colonies declared independence from Great Britain? 13
500 How did colonist make mattresses? stuffed them with rags and cornhusks	500 What did colonists use as toilet paper? corn cobs	500 Why were fish sometimes tied to a person's feet? as a treatment for an illness	500 What disease causes causes chills, fever, and pimples that scar? smallpox

Gross Facts About the American Colonies

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