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Grade 5 SS. Def
ch 5 New England Colonies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Growing season | the time of the year when it is warm enough for plants to grow |
| Tidewater | where the water in rivers and streams rises and falls with the ocean’s tides |
| Fall line | the line where rivers from higher land flow to lower land and often form waterfalls |
| Backcountry | the mountainous area west of where most colonists settled |
| Town meeting | a gathering where colonists held elections and voted on the laws for their towns |
| Self-government | when the people who live in a place make laws for themselves |
| Dissenter | a person who does not agree with the beliefs of his or her leaders |
| Banish | to force someone to leave a place |
| Industry | all the businesses that make one kind of product or provide one kind of service |
| Export | a product sent to another country and sold |
| Import | a good brought into one country from another |
| Middle Passage | the trip from Africa to the West Indies |
| Slave trade | the business of buying and selling human beings |
| Line graph | a graph that shows change over time |