The British Colonies

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Term Paper Title	The British Colonies
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  The British Colonies
     Most of the New England towns were self sufficient.  Early towns were built along a narrow road.  Each family had a house with a small garden on the road.
      A meeting house stood in the center of the town. The meeting house was used for worship.  They were also, used for town meetings. During the town meetings, male land owners could take part in the government.
     There were fields near each town which grew crops.  In the center of the town, there were common of grassy areas where the herds grazed.
     In the town , there are important people.  The herder took care of the herds on the common.  The constable was a police officer.  The leader of towns militia which was a volunteer army, drilled the men and boys on the common at least once a year.
     The market towns were developed in the middle colonies.  Farmers traveled to the market town to trade farm produce which is grains, fruits, and vegetables.  A general store sold imports which were goods brought to the colonies from other countries.  The farmers carried their produce to the market and brought back imports in Conetoga wagons.  A Conestoga wagon is a big covered wagon.
     The county seats were developed in the southern colonies.  A county seat is a main town in each county. A county is a large part of the colony.  Colonies with cash crops would take their crops to the county seat several times a year to sell them and buy imports.
     The cities were developed in the middle 1700's along the Atlantic coast where there were good harbors.  Ships docked at these harbors and brought imports from England and left with exports from the colonies.  An export is goods that were to be sold to other colonies.  The first cities were New York City, Philadelphia, and Charleston.  These triangle trade routes linked Br...

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