Use the interactive 13 Colonies Artisans and Trades Exhibit to determine if each statement is fact or fiction.
17th century apothecaries performed similar duties as today's doctors.
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Most apothecaries had to attend colonial medical schools.
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Wigmakers were busiest when the courts were in session.
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Most wigmakers made wigs from actual human hair.
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Blacksmiths created items such as barrels.
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A blacksmith apprentice had to make a complicated metal piece before becoming a journeyman.
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An awl was a tool used to cut holes in colonial-era shoes.
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A milliner's shop was one of the only colonial businesses that could be run by a woman.
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Men and women both shopped for clothes at the milliner's shop.
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Benjamin Franklin was one of the most famous colonial-era printers.
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The compositor was usually a printing employee or apprentice who sold the publications.
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A hogshead was a type of barrel used to transport molasses.
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A windlass was a special tool used to pull barrel staves together.
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Silversmiths fashioned their items from large metal pieces called ingots.
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The first step in the silversmithing process was polishing the silver with pumice, decomposed limestone, and iron ore.
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Bricks could be made different colors by adding leaves or berries.
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