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MA town life vocab
sociaL studies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| charter | a written grant of rights and privileges by a ruler or government to a community class of people or an organization |
| surplus | more than is needed or used |
| journey man | a crafts-person who found work "by the day" instead of becoming a master who employed other workers |
| guilds | an organization of people in the same craft or trade |
| Apprentice | a person who works for a master in a trade or craft in return for training |
| commerce | what brought most people to towns was business |
| Common law | a body of rulings made by judges or very old traditional laws that become part of a nation's legal system |