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town meeting
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at this place, male landowners could take part in Gov. many people worshiped here.
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(people worshiped here)
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common
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an open area where livestock grazed
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(herder took care of this place)
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militia
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a volunteer army
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men and boys gathered on the common to train for the ______
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import
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goods brought in from other countries
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Usually transported through the triangular trade route
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Conestoga
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a big covered wagon much larger than a regular wagon
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very helpful to use when you can't use boat
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county seat
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people went to church, held dances, and traded crops
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the main town of each county.
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export
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goods to be sold in other countries
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usually transported through the triangular trade route
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triangular trade route
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these routes linked Britain, the British Colonies, and Africa
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they traded: sugar, molasses, tobacco, furs, lumber, rum, iron, and manufactured products .
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apprentice
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a child would move in with the family of a skilled worker and help in the family business for several years
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pretty common in colonial times
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broker
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a person who is paid to buy and sell for someone else
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planters sent _______ through other colonies. _____ were good because they could pick up new languages fast.
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indentured servant
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A person who agreed to work for another person without pay for a certain length of time
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usually people who were broke but came to america and the planter paid for the trip.
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auction
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a public sale
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sold slaves
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backcounty
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also known as frontier, land between the Appalachians and the coastal plains. land between Coastal Plains and the Appalachian
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self-sufficient life
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fall line
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a place where the land drops sharply
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causes waterfalls
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loft
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a part of the house between the ceiling and the roof
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In the frontier( backcountry), children slept in this part of the house.
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coureur de bois
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traded with Indians for valuable fur
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"runner of the woods"
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The New England Colonies
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The earliest of _______ ____________ __________ were built on a narrow road.As one settler said: "every man ... lives in a tidy warm house, has plenty of good food and fuel, with whole clothes from head to foot [made by] his family.
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had town meeting. had herder, constable, common
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The Market Towns
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people went there to trade their livestock, crops ,and other separate goods.
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they had a general store
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