| A | B |
| refuge | a safe place |
| trial by jury | guarantees a person accused of breaking the law the right to a tried by jury of fellow citizens |
| justice | fairness |
| farm produce | grain, fruits, and vegetables |
| Great Awakening | a movement that called for a rebirth of religious ways of life |
| township | area of land, would be 5,000 acres, a space large enough for ten families |
| immigrant | a person who comes into a country to make a new home |
| militia | volunteer army |
| almanac | a book issued only once each each with a calendar, yearly forecast to help farmers |
| circle graph | pie graph because it is round and divided into pieces or parts |
| backcountry | frontier region because it was beyond, or "in back of," the area settled by Europeans |
| loft | a oart if the house between the ceiling and the roof |
| "breadbasket" colonies | Middle Atlantic Colonies produced many crops used in making bread |
| windmills | Used to drain water from the land and grind grain |
| Quakers | Society of Friends religious group |