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What It Felt Like to Be an American Colonist in 1776 - Neatorama

Embed from Getty ImagesWe learn about the American Revolution from the accounts of those who lived through it, but they only wrote about the most important events. What their everyday lives were like got short shrift because it was normal to them. Everyone had aches and pains, itchy skin, and deteriorating food, so there was no use in making a big deal about it.With few doctors and no germ theory, about a third of colonial children died before their second birthday. However, they knew to stay aw