| A | B |
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| town meeting | an assembly in the New England colonies 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, and vegetables |
| imports | goods brought into the colonies from other countries |
| Conestoga | a large covered wagon used by farmers to carry their produce to market towns |
| county seat | the main town for the county |
| exports | goods to be sold in other countries |
| triangular trade routes | a shipping route that included Britain, the British colonies, and Africa |
| apprentice | a person who learns a trade by living with the family of a skilled worker and working several years |
| 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 travel expenses |
| auction | public sale |
| backcountry | land between the Coastal Plain and the Appalachian Mountain |
| 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 | a French word meanining "runner of the woods, this was a person who traded with the American Indians for fur |
