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Colonial Americans participated in a wide variety of recreational activities that included games, races, and indoor entertainments such as card games and board games. Most of these activities were simple and several, socially acceptable in that age, are illegal today. Recreation was influenced by long traditions in England although some French influences introduced new variations of older, continental games. Recreation was often characterized by social class although some activities bridged the class structures.
Popular Outdoor Activities and Games
Ninepins was an early variation of bowling. Former Colonial Williamsburg interpreter Dale Taylor states that the “nature of the references” to the game “indicate it was a popular game throughout the period.” In Washington Irving's short story Rip Van Winkle, Rip falls into a deep twenty-year sleep after witnessing a game of ninepins being played by Henry Hudson and his crew. The fact that Irving references the game for an early 19th-Century audience indicates the popularity of the game.
Bowls, a game similar to boccie ball, was also a popular outdoor game. According to legend, when told that the Spanish Armada was sighted off the coast of England, Sir Francis Drake insisted on finishing his game of bowls.
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