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| town meeting | a meeting in which male landowners in the New England colonies could take part in government |
| common | a open area where sheep and cattle grazed |
| militia | a volunteer army of a colony or state |
| farm produce | grains, fruits and vegetables that farmers can trade for goods and services |
| import | a product brought in from another country to be sold |
| Connestoga | a very large covered wagon used by farmers and western settlers |
| county seat | the main town for a county or, in the United States today, the city where the govrnment of a county is locate |
| county | a large part of a colony, or in the U.S. today, a part of a state with its own local government |
| export | a product sent from one country to another to be sold |
| triangle trade route | a shipping route that included Britain, the British colonies and Africa |
| apprentice | a person who learns a trade by moving in with the family of a skilled worker and working for several years |
| planter | a plantation owner |
| broker | a person who is paid to buy and sell for someone else |
| indentured servant | a person who agrees to work for another person without pay for a certain length of time in return for passage to the colonies |
| auction | a public sale |
| frontier | the western border of settlement |
| generalization | a statement based on fact |
