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Chapter 5: New England Colonies

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growing season   The time of year when it is warm enough for plants to grow.  
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tidewater   Where the water in rivers and streams roses and falls with the ocean's tides.  
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fall line   The line where rivers from higher land flow to lower land and often form waterfalls.  
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backcountry   The mountainous area west of where most colonies settled.  
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town meeting   A gathering where colonists held elections and voted on the laws for their towns.  
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self-government   When the people who live in a place make laws for themselves.  
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dissenter   A person who does not agree with the beliefs of his or her leaders.  
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banish   To force someone to leave a place.  
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industry   All the businesses that make one kind of product or provide one kind of service.  
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export   A product sent to another country and sold.  
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import   A good brought into one country from another.  
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Middle Passage   The voyage of enslaved Africans from Africa to the West Indies.  
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slave trade   The business of buying and selling human beings.  
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data   Information, such as facts or numbers.  
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line graph   A graph that shows change over time.  
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