A | B |
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 |