Question

While researching life during colonial times, Carson learns that people would extract potassium hydroxide from wood ashes and mix it with animal fat. What were the colonists doing

Answer 1

Answer:

Making Soap

Explanation:

Answer 2

The colonists were making soap. A lot of people don't know that soap is the result of reacting a base (potassium hydroxide) and an acid (animal fat) which produces a salt which is the white stuff we see in soap. This process is called saponification. Manufacturers just put additives like colors and scents to make them more appealing.