Question

New england towns were clustered around an area called the

Answer 1

the common I think?

a common was just an open area found in the center of a town.

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Answer 2

I believe the answer is: The common

The common area refers to an area that exist within a town that can be used by all the people in that town (to sell things, to performs, etc). This tend to exist during earlier stage of settlement when they still haven't established the overall land ownership properly.