What was done for entertainment in the 1700s?

Question

for a american history project

Answer 1

At home? Reading the Bible and Scriptures. Kids had dolls. Usually homemade from corn husks and maybe sewn together rags stuffed with hay or flax. Remember that cloth wasn't really cheap. When you died you were stripped and buried nude, wrapped in swaddling. Clothing and shoes were expensive and were passed down to other family members.
But..back to the question at hand. Toys were usually hand made because money was scarce. Dancing was considered a sin. There may have been the occasional small fair or town event that had horse pulls or ox pulls but in colonial times having fun was more against the doctirnes of the day than anything else. You should be studying your religious passages.
Men smoked...played cards or dice (usually cut from wood) and cider, beer and wine were abundant. Rum was popular because molasses was availbale and in all actuality rum was consumed more in the colonies than anywhere else. When the Revolution started and molasses became scare through the British embargos...we had plenty of corn on hand. So...what can you do with corn you ask? Whiskey..thats what. Its actually amazing that anyone was sober in those days because water was so lousy as well as sanitation hadn't quite reached an acceptable standard.
As for women....needlepoint...sewing...quit making and being a good and faithful and religious wife.

What a time huh?

Answer 2

Amateur singing, dancing, theater. Horse races, playing games such as chess, etc.

Answer 3

i believe it was theater...
however back then women
really werent allowed to at..
so it was a cast of all men...