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Colonial House

  • 2004
  • Ended
  • 1 season

Modern day participants attempt a recreation of daily life as it would have been in Plymouth Colony in 1628.

Latest: Season 1 · 2004

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  1. E1. A New World

    May 17, 2004 · 60m

    Three families and seven individuals attempt to build an authentic working colony in New England, using only 17th-century tools.

  2. E2. Harsh Reality

    May 17, 2004 · 60m

    The cooperative venture gets underway, but the colonists lack motivation; the governor's family receives tragic news.

  3. E3. City of God

    May 18, 2004 · 60m

    Gov. Wyers returns to take charge of his colony; the colonists struggle to shake their modern sensibilities and adhere to restrictive 17th-century laws.

  4. E4. The Outsiders

    May 18, 2004 · 60m

    Food rations are cut in half; colonists must work together to build a new house.

  5. E5. Regime Change

    May 24, 2004 · 60m

    Lay preacher Don Heinz becomes the new governor of the colony.

  6. E6. The Shake Up

    May 24, 2004 · 60m

    A cape merchant arrives to check up on the new venture on behalf of the sponsoring company; clamming, fishing and spar production get underway.

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