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ch 4 vocab
Question | Answer |
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Backcountry | one of the distinct regions that ran along the Appalation Mountains. |
subsistence farming | when you only grow enough food for your family. |
triangular trade | a trade route with 3 stops |
navigation acts | ensured england made profit from its colonies trade |
smugiling | importing or exporting goods illegaly |
cash crops | crops raised for money |
gristmill | millers crushed grain with heavy stones |
artisans | crafts people |
conestoga wagons | took things to market using wheels for dirt roads |
indigo | a plant that yeilds a blue dye |
Eliza Lucas | the woman who introduced indigo as a plantaion crop |
overseers | men hired to direct and disipline slaves |
Stono Rebelion | 20 slaves killed planters because they had no freedom |
Appalachain mountains | a mountain range ranging from Canada to Alabama |
fall line | where water falls prevent large boats from moving farther up river |
piedmont | a broad plateau that leads to the blue ridge mountains |
clans | large groups of families that helped each other out |