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chapter 4 vocab
Question | Answer |
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a region that ran along the apalchian mountains | backcountry |
a farm that produces enough food for the family | substinence farming |
transatlantic system of trade for goods such as slaves | triangular trade |
illegaly importing and exporting goods | smuggling |
a crop grown by a farmer to be sold for money rather then possesion | cash crop |
a mill in which grain is ground to produce flour or meal | grist mill |
a variety of people | diversity |
a skilled worker such as a weaver or a potter who makes money by hand | artisan |
a vehicle with wide wheels a curved bed and a canvas cover | conestoga wagon |
a plant grown in the southern colonies that yields a blue dye | indigo |
she introduced indigo as a succesfull plantation crop | eliza lucas |
he is a great writer and his most famous work is history of the dividing | william byrd 2 |
a worker hired by a planter to watch over and direct work of slaves | overseer |
an uprising of slaves in south carolina leading the tightening of alreday harsh slave laws | stono rebelion |
a mountain range that streches from eastern canada to south alabma | apalachian mountains |
the point at which a waterfall prevents large boats from going up river | fall line |
a broad plateau that leads to the foot of a mountain range | piedmont |
a large group of famillies that have a common ancestor | clan |