Was there fun things to do in the 1700-1800s?

dancing and music were popular with people of all classes. some people were renowned for their dancing ability or love of dancing. John Adams wrote tha an acquaintance of his, Zab Howard of Weymouth, "had the reputation for at least fifteen years of the best dancer in the world. several attempted but none could equal him, in nimbleness of heel." one young man's grandmother lamented that he wore out "12 pairs of shoes a year,". wedding receptions were particularly popular occasions for dancing. for example, John Ballantine of Weatfield described his own wedding in 1743 as a "two day feast" in Dedham that ended with a triumphant open-carriage ride to nearby Boston.

IN 1753, Jacob Bailey, a Harvard student, traveled from Cambridge to Rowley, Massachusetts, to celebrate a friend's wedding, the hosts threw a three day party, "About the coming of the evening" Bailey writer "the younger sort, to the number of about fifty, repaired to the western chamber, where we spent the evening in singing, dancing, and wooing the widow"" (a game similar to spin the bottle). THe next day "having saluted the bride, we spent our time, some in dancing, the other in playing cards . . . After dinner, In play such as singing, dancing, wooing the widow, playing cards, box, etc."

Yes. There were blood-sports - ****-fighting, bull-baiting, badger-baiting, hare coursing, dog-fights, loosing sackfuls of rats into a pit and watching a dog kill them, going to public hangings, pelting unfortunates in the pillory. Nicer people could go to Pleasure Gardens, like Vauxhall, where they could eat, drink, drance, and watch "Tightrope walkers, hot-air balloon ascents, concerts and fireworks".

Of course there were fun things to do.

You can't look at the past through the present. Those people had no knowledge of future technology.

Oh well. At least you didn't start with: There were no smartphones, no internet, no video games, no computers, etc, in the older days. They must have bored.

In the 1700s children played horseshoes using real horseshoes.

Jackstraws was a game played by Native American children and taught to colonial youngsters. Native children played the game using wheat straws. This game is similar to today's game called pick-up sticks

Girls played jump rope, London Bridge, hopscotch and blind man's bluff. Whipping tops was a game boys played by themselves.

Nine Men Morris was a board game. Gleek was a card game that required three players. The Cup and Ball Toy. Simple whirling toys were mentioned in English literature as early as 1686, and would certainly have been as popular in early America as they were in Europe.Ninepins has been a popular game since the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans.

However unlike today many children back then worked from very young ages, especially as the industrial revolution took hold, children as young as four were put to work.

There were village fetes, fair days and country dancing as well as indoor games and playing of music.

Play or listen to music, dance, read, play games....

Yes. People have always had fun. People who were raised with technology and such don't really know how to create fun activities without those things.

Lawn bowling, concerts (back then, Bach was playing), dances, carriage rides and horse rides into the country, fishing, hunting, gathering fruits (apple picking), tinkering (building fences, etc).

There was plenty of technology in the 1700s. Printing is a technology. Knives and forks are a technology. The wheel is a technology.

And "fun"? Yes. Reading books or listening to stories. Making music. Dancing. Sex. Drinking. More sex. More drinking. Sports. More sex. More drinking.

The same thing people have always done.

They tell stories, make music, read books, play games, get drunk, boink, work on handcrafts, etc...