| A | B |
| town meeting | a meeting in which male landowners could take part in government |
| common | an open area where sheep and cattle grazed |
| militia | volunteer army |
| farm produce | grains, fruits, vegetables |
| imports | goods brought into the colonies from other countries |
| Conestogas | covered wagons |
| county seat | the main town for each county |
| county | a large part of a colony |
| exports | goods to be sold in other countries |
| triange trade routes | routes that linked Britain, the British Colonies and Africa |
| apprentice | a person who learns a trade by moving in with a family of a skilled worker and working for several years |
| planters | plantation owners |
| broker | a person who is paid to buy and sell for someone else |
| indentured servant | a person who agreed to work for another person for a certain length of time for passage to the colonies |
| auction | public sale |
| frontier | western border of settlement |
| generalization | a statement based on facts |