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Date: December 26, 2010 Page Title: US History Timeline 1700-1800 || Date: December 26, 2010 Page Title: Benjamin Franklin and His Inventions || Date: December 26, 2010 Page Title: Fashion 1700 - 1800 (Cool Dresses) || Author:Eric Burnett Copyright: 2003 Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. Publishing City: Lincoln, NE Pages:12-19 || Date: December 26, 2010 Page Title: The Massachusetts Historical Society || Date: Page Title:
 * 1700 - 1710**
 * Source 1 || URL: http://faculty.washington.edu/qtaylor/a_us_history/1700_1800_timeline.htm
 * Source 2 || URL: http://fi.edu/franklin/inventor/inventor.html
 * Source 3 || URL: http://www.forwardon.com/view.php?e=Id1252c38562d22994&p=536
 * Source 4 || Book Title: The Best American History Book in the World: ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW WITHOUT ALL THE STUFF THAT WILL PUT YOU TO SLEEP
 * Source 5 || URL: http://www.masshist.org/objects/2004april.cfm
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 * **Source** || **Topics** ||
 * || **Clothing** ||
 * 3 || [[image:fashion.jpg width="182" height="185"]] ||
 * 3 || Gowns were made to look European. They had tight bodices called mantuas and full skirts that were closed all the way around. Sleeves were longer and had bell or trumpet shapes with lace around the ends. Shoes for women were pointed toes with high heels. Open back shoes were only worn inside. Men wore breeches, waistcoats, and coats like a three-piece suit. Wigs were very popular. Women would wear big curls and white was the most popular wig color. Men would pull their wig back into a low ponytail. ||
 * || **Transportation** ||
 * || **Common Jobs** ||
 * || **Education** ||
 * || **Medical Science** ||
 * || **Places of Interest** ||
 * 1 || The French established the city of Detroit in 1701. ||
 * || **Famous People and Their Contributions** ||
 * 1 || January 17, 1706 Benjamin Franklin was born. He later discovered electricity. ||
 * 2 || Franklin was interested in the human body making people around him feel better. He wanted to help his brother, John, overcome kidney stones. He later was called the "father of the bifocal" when he created glasses that helped him read up close and see far away. He made eight trips across the Atlantic Ocean and created the idea for a hold compartment that would be air tight and keep a ship from sinking if there was a breech in one section.
 * || **Places of Interest** ||
 * 1 || The French established the city of Detroit in 1701. ||
 * || **Famous People and Their Contributions** ||
 * 1 || January 17, 1706 Benjamin Franklin was born. He later discovered electricity. ||
 * 2 || Franklin was interested in the human body making people around him feel better. He wanted to help his brother, John, overcome kidney stones. He later was called the "father of the bifocal" when he created glasses that helped him read up close and see far away. He made eight trips across the Atlantic Ocean and created the idea for a hold compartment that would be air tight and keep a ship from sinking if there was a breech in one section.
 * 2 || Franklin was interested in the human body making people around him feel better. He wanted to help his brother, John, overcome kidney stones. He later was called the "father of the bifocal" when he created glasses that helped him read up close and see far away. He made eight trips across the Atlantic Ocean and created the idea for a hold compartment that would be air tight and keep a ship from sinking if there was a breech in one section.

He created an iron furnace to help homes stay warm, but not be burned by all the wood used to heat the house.

Ben needed to keep track of the fastest way to deliver mail, so he created a simple odometer for his carriage to keep track of how far he traveled. ||
 * || **In the News** ||
 * 4 || In 1703..."Massachusetts requires those masters who liberate slaves to provide a bond of 50 pounds or more in the event that the freedman becomes a public charge." (p.15).

In 1704, The Boston News-Letter was the first printed version of a handwritten newspaper. It had news reprinted from English newspapers. The Boston postmaster mailed it to New England Governors (p.18).

Marriage between blacks and whites was declared illegal in Massachusetts in 1705. ||
 * 5 || [[image:boston.jpg width="130" height="214" align="left"]] ||
 * || **Food** ||
 * || **Pastimes** ||
 * || **Housing** ||
 * || Housing was mostly log cabins. Wealthier people lived in nice homes with furniture, wallpaper, china, silver, and crystal. Chairs and furniture were carved. "Their houses were often small and crowded and their furniture was basic. They could not afford luxuries like silver but some ordinary people had pewter, which was sometimes called poor man's silver." (p. 16). ||
 * || **Family Life** ||
 * || Housing was mostly log cabins. Wealthier people lived in nice homes with furniture, wallpaper, china, silver, and crystal. Chairs and furniture were carved. "Their houses were often small and crowded and their furniture was basic. They could not afford luxuries like silver but some ordinary people had pewter, which was sometimes called poor man's silver." (p. 16). ||
 * || **Family Life** ||