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The Colonies
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Growing Season | The time of year when it is warm enough for plants to grow. |
| Tidewater | The area where the waters in rivers & streams rises & falls with the oceans tides. |
| Fall line | The area where the rivers from higher land and flow to lower land & often from waterfalls |
| Back country | the mountainous area west of where most colonists settled |
| Town Meeting | a gathering where colonists held elections and voted on the laws of their town |
| Self-government | a government in which the people who live in a place make laws for themselevs |
| Dissenter | a person who does not agree with the beliefs of their leaders |
| Banished | too force someone to leave a place |