Daily Life in Colonial Massachusetts

John Doe/1st hour Robert N. Linscott “Daily Life in Colonial Massachusetts” In the article “Daily Life in Colonial Massachusetts” written by Robert N. Linscott, Sylvester Judd tells how in the colonial years of Massachusetts life had it’s challenges for the whites and natives. Judd explains that in the colonial years life was taxing for the Natives as well as for the Europeans. During the first forty years, the viewpoint of the whites toward …

…mush.” They had inns or drinking places they called ordinaries that were strictly regulated. The first ordinaries for example were not allowed to serve strong drinks, cakes and buns except at weddings and funerals, nor to force meals costing twelve pennies or above on poor people. The lives of the colonial people were erratic and testing, us modern day citizens surely would be devoured by the harsh conditions they were confronted with in their time.