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5SS Ch. 5 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| growing season | the time of year when it is warm enough for plants to grow |
| tidewater | the waters in rivers and streams that rises and falls every day, with the tide |
| fall line | the line where rivers from higher land flow to lower land and often form waterfalls |
| backcountry | the land "in back of" where most colonists settled |
| town meeting | a gathering where colonists held elections and voted on the laws of their town |
| self-government | when people make laws for themselves |
| dissenter | someone who does not agree with his or her leaders |
| banish | to force someone to leave |
| industry | all the businesses that make one kind of product or provide one kind of service |
| export | a product that is sent to another country and sold |
| import | a product brought into one country from another |
| Middle Passage | the voyage of enslaved Africans from Africa to the West Indies |
| slave trade | the business of buying and selling human beings |