If you’re into celebrating Thanksgiving or Independence Day with fancy dress, why not try a colonial boy costume and get that patriotic feeling? These are great times for remembering our colonial history and the great figures who stand out in that period of history. Wearing your George Washington costume, you can imagine that you are there are the first President of USA. Or you can imagine you are Thomas Jefferson, one of the main authors of the Declaration of Independence.
The first colony in America was Jamestown, Virginia, the settlers arriving in 1607. It wasn’t an easy time. They soon found themselves under attack from the Native American Algonquin tribe. There were 214 settlers and only 60 survived the harsh winter of 1609. One of the main crops they started growing was tobacco. They traded it with the Native Americans and with England. It was easy to grow and brought in a lot of money.