Many people living today have a distaste for manual labor, such as farming, crafts, laundry, or cleaning. However, all these tasks were included in the list of daily chores of colonial children. While some hate strenuous work, others can't stand boredom. No matter how tired you were, you should still go to church once or twice a day on the Sabbath. The only way to get out of work would be to get sick. Since the colonists' only medicine came from plants, the chances of dying or being scarred for life were high. If living in the 1600s and 1700s could be described in one word, it would be exhausting. After all, illnesses were as common as air, every day was spent working or at least being productive in some way, and if there was time for a reprieve, it would be the Sabbath, a day dedicated to God. Illnesses were common and widespread. in the colonies. Countless times epidemics have struck everywhere, from large cities to small countryside. Characterized by hideous rashes, smallpox was a despised disease that existed throughout history and throughout the colonies. If yes...