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Colonial House

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Two dozen modern-day time travelers find out the hard way what early American colonial life was really like when they take up residence in Colonial House. The colonists negotiate personal and communal challenges as they deal with the demoralizing weather, rustic living conditions and backbreaking labor.

May 17, 20041 seasons8 episodesEndedEN

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Kathryn Walker

Narrator (voice)

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Chloe Nicole

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Seasons

Season 1

8 episodes

Premiered May 17, 2004

Episodes

1–6 of 8

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Ep 1

A New World

May 17, 2004

Governor Wyers and the new colonists, which include three families and seven individuals, arrive in 1628 New England where they must build a colony using tools of the time. The participants of this project soon realize that Colonial House isn't going to be as fun as they hoped as the pains of hard work and the lack modern conveniences soon take their toll.

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Ep 2

Harsh Reality

May 17, 2004

Assistant governor and lay preacher Don Heinz has his hands full when he finds that the colonists don't all follow the same faith and he soon must take over the duties of governor after an emergency forces Governor Wyers to depart.

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Ep 3

City of God

May 18, 2004

Governor Wyers returns only to find that that majority of the colonists must face punishments due to their modern-day behaviour which clashes with the laws of colonial times. The lucky ones get scarlet letters while the not-so-lucky ones are tied to stakes for being non-believers.

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Ep 4

The Outsiders

May 18, 2004

11 new settlers arrive making the current living situations very cramped so the colonists must now work together to build a new house under orders from the governor.

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Ep 5

Regime Change

May 24, 2004

As the colony loses faith in Gov. Wyers, he hands over his two indentured servants and household belongings to help pay for his family's passage home which causes a power shift resulting in lay preacher Don Heinz becoming the new governor.

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Ep 6

Shake Up

May 24, 2004

Cape merchant and treasurer Jack Lecza arrives on behalf of the sponsoring company to check up on the new venture causing feelings of pressure and unsettlement amongst the Colonists.

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