Colonial Jobs

What does a blacksmith do?

• work on wheels

• made medicine

• used a forge to make and fix all sorts of iron items such as tools, horseshoes, axe heads, hammers, nails

• worked on guns

What is a cobbler?

• shoemaker

• candlemaker

• made medicine

• took care of horses

What did the milliner do?

• made cabinets

• sold items for sewing such as cloth and thread

• printed legal documents

• made barrels, casks and buckets

What did a cooper do?

• repaired shoes

• made medicine

• made dishes

• made barrels, casks, and buckets

What is a synonym for apothecary?

• doctor

• pharmacist

• wheelmaker

what did the chandler do?

• made candles

• worked as a trade

• made candy

• was a minister

What did the tailor do?

• made wigs

• made custom clothing for men and women

• made custom clothing for important people only

What did the wigmaker do?

• made wigs

• fixed hair

• was a hair stylists

What did the cabinetmaker do?

• made their own furniture.

• made cabinets only

• made chairs

What did the gunsmith do?

• made new guns

• spent time fixing existing and old guns

• made ships