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Chapter 4 vocabBV
Question | Answer |
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Area of the colonies which ran along the Appalachian Mountains and through the far Western part of the other regions. | Backcountry |
When farmers produce just enough food for themselves and sometimes a little extra to trade in town. | subsistence farming |
A trading route with three stops. | Triangular trade |
These had four major provisions designed to ensure that England made money from its colonies' | Navigation Acts |
Importing or exporting goods legally | smuggling |
Crops raised to be sold for money | cash crop |
These millers crushed the grain between heavy stone to produce flour or meal | gristmill |
Variety | diversity |
Craftspeople | artisans |
These wagons used wide wheels for dirt roads and to carry their produce into town. | Conestoga Wagons |
A plant that yields a deep blue dye | indigo |
She introduced indigo as a successful plantation crop | Eliza Lucus |
Well known of the Southern planters and who took over his father's responsibilities after he died. | William Byrd 2 |
Men hired by planters to watch over and direct the work of slaves | overseers |
One famous incident of slavery was... | Stono Rebellion |
Long mountain range that goes from Eastern Canada south to Alabama. | Appalation Mountains |
Where waterfalls prevent large boats from moving farther upriver. | fall line |
Broad plateau that leads to the Blue Ridge Mountains of the Appalation range | piedmont |
Large groups of families | clans |