New England
Rationalism
common sense
The economy was mainly fishing, lumber, and shipbuilding.
The meetinghouse was used for both church services and town meetings. It faced a piece of land called the green, or common, where cows grazed and the citizen army trained
People in Colonial Maryland used to eat very plain foods like fish. These people would also eat what they could grow in the ground.
New England
New England
New England (APEX)
Common grazing refers to the practice of farmers grazing their cattle on a piece of land that is held by the group as a whole or sometimes by someone else. You can get much more detailed descriptions at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_land
Meeting is a common noun. Proper nouns are the unique names of people, places, or things. Common nouns are the words for general things. If a common noun is part of a name, it becomes a proper noun. Pronouns always replace proper and common nouns.
The Colonial Club offers music and drinks and is a great place to meet people. Events at the Colonial Club are usually social events such as meetings of groups of people with a common interest.
Cattle Grazing
a colonial common is a big grassy area surrounded by shops.
Rationalism
they had a meeting house, a school, a common, a blacksmith, and houses for people to live in
In Colonial times, people made 90% of their own clothes. The common exceptions were overcoats, hats and boots, which were usually "bespoke" work: You told the craftsman what you wanted, paid the money, and they made it for you.
A non arranged meeting, of which only the people meeting know about. For example; when a politician is meeting a mobster secretly, you could call this a informal meeting! TheFrisian