"The Growth of Towns and Cities

barter: to trade a product or service for another product or service
import; an item brought into a country or region from another country or region
common: an open area shared by all the villagers

1. In New England, each town was a community of people who knew each other well. In the Middle colonies, some towns grew to be large trade towns. In all the regions, there were port towns.

2. During town meetings, colonists elected town leaders and voted on laws for the town.

3. When I go to town, I can do some shopping. I can work in farms and sell the goods in the nearby port city. I can greet people because we know each other well.

1. Anna's diary describes a young girl's view of life in colonial Boston.

2. She went to school 6 days out of a week. She usually read Bible to her aunt or others.

What goods and services were in colonial towns?
· Trading, bartering, importing. As well as grounding grain into flour and meal, cutting logs. Church at least one for each town.

How was the town common used?
· Churches and houses are built around the common. A volunteer army trained at least once a year in the common.

What were two of the important colonial cities?
·Philadelphia and Boston