Original title
Colonial House
Released
5/17/2004
Origin country
US
Production companies
Thirteen, Wall to Wall
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
1
Number of episodes
8
Modern day participants attempt a recreation of daily life as it would have been in Plymouth Colony in 1628.
Three families and seven individuals attempt to build an authentic working colony in New England, using only 17th-century tools.
The cooperative venture gets underway, but the colonists lack motivation; the governor's family receives tragic news.
Gov. Wyers returns to take charge of his colony; the colonists struggle to shake their modern sensibilities and adhere to restrictive 17th-century laws.
Food rations are cut in half; colonists must work together to build a new house.
Lay preacher Don Heinz becomes the new governor of the colony.
A cape merchant arrives to check up on the new venture on behalf of the sponsoring company; clamming, fishing and spar production get underway.
The harvest is a success; members of the Wampanoag tribe visit the colony.
The colonists celebrate Michaelmas; after a panel assesses the colony's performance, the participants depart for the 21st century.
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