| A | B |
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| town meeting | an assembly in the New England colonies where male landowners could take part in government |
| common | an open area where sheep and cattle grazed |
| militia | volunteer army |
| farm produce | grains, fruits, and vegetable for goods and services |
| imports | goods brought into the colonies from other countries |
| Conestogas | larger than regular wagons |
| county seat | main town of each county |
| county | large part of a colony |
| exports | goods to be sold in other countries |
| triangular trade routes | routes that linked Britain, the British colonies, and Africa |
| broker | a person who is paid to buy and sell for someone else |
| indentured servant | a person wh agreed to work for another person without pay for a certain length of time |
| auction | a public sale |
| back country | the land between the Coastal Plain and the Appalachian Mountains |
| fall line | a place where the land drops sharply causing rivers to form waterfalls |
| loft | a part of the house between the ceiling and the roof |
| coureurs de bois | runners of the woods |
| generalization | a statement based on facts |
