Kiki K.

2015

Almost everyone in the world has a house. Houses are a very important place in your life. They keep you safe, they store food, they are a place where you feel safe. While you probably only know about houses built based on your culture or location, there are many, many other houses with different traits. In colonial America, houses were very different. Not only did one’s house provide homes for people, it also reflected on one’s social status. Just like nowadays, houses were different in every culture. There are many different features and techniques from the different perspectives that took place in colonial America. For example, African house materials were different than the materials used for New English houses. Also, wealthier people or English people had nicer houses. They looked less massive in size and more elegant. This is just a fraction of all the information on architecture in the 17th century.