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Colonial Woodworkers Colonial America (1492-1776)

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cabinetmaker, drawknife, hand-operated, harpsichord, inshave, lathe, poplar, sawyers, scorp, vises, heated, provided, colonial, locust, spokes, woodworkers

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Colonial Woodworkers By Sharon Fabian

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¹     Take a walk through your neighborhood, and you may see houses made of brick, wood, stone, vinyl siding, and other materials. In colonial days, houses were mostly made of wood.
 
²     Today we have furniture made of wood, metal, plastic, and other materials. The colonists had furniture made almost entirely of wood.
 
³     We use containers made of plastic, glass, metal, cardboard, and other materials. Many of the containers used by the colonists were made of wood.
 
⁴     Most of our vehicles have tires made of rubber over metal wheels. The colonists' vehicles had wheels made of wood.

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Colonial America (1492-1776)

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