What Is Everyday Life In A Colonial Home

A Little Commonwealth describes the everyday life of family in the Plymouth Colony. The author John Demos’ describes in great detail the everyday life of the people in the colony. In his book he writes of family values, virtues and roles in the colonial life. He very specifically describes each aspect of life from the houses they lived in the coming of age and later years. It gives you a much better understanding of how the people lived in colonial times. The book’s thesis reflects the influence of New England on contemporary society by reflecting on the social, economic, political and religious views of the colonists. John Demos explains the family life very well in this book, he tells of the very specific roles of everyone in the household.
In the Plymouth Colony you might even consider their homes to be huts rather then houses. Since most time was spent either working or going to church they didn’t put too much effort into the homes. Their homes were mainly for the essentials in life, cooking and sleeping. They were very simple structures with usually one room, which was used for all the needed aspects. They had a plain table and benches that they ate on and then put away after their meal. They had very simple beds to that were called “flock beds” which were stuffed with rags and bits of wool. If you were wealthy then you would have what is called a feather bed. The furnishings and lifestyles of the colonists were very simple and plain, this reflected their religious ideals and lifestyle of this