| A | B |
|---|
| backcountry | the mountainous area west of where most colonists settled |
| banish | to force someone to leave a place |
| dissenter | a person who does not agree with the beliefs of his or her leaders |
| export | a product sent to another country and sold |
| fall line | the line where rivers from higher land flow to lower land and often form waterfalls |
| growing season | the time of year when it is warm enough for plants to grow |
| import | a good brought into one country from another |
| industry | all the businesses that make one kind of product or provide one kind of service |
| Middle Passage | the voyage of enslaved Africans from Africa to the West Indies |
| self-government | when the people who live in a place make laws for themselves |
| slave trade | the business of buying and selling human beings |
| tidewater | where the water in rivers and streams rises and falls with the ocean's tides |
| town meeting | a gathering where colonists held elections and voted on the laws for their towns |
